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- Title
Behavior Problems and Timing of Menarche: A Developmental Longitudinal Biometrical Analysis Using the NLSY-Children Data.
- Authors
Rodgers, Joseph; Hulle, Carol; D'Onofrio, Brian; Rathouz, Paul; Beasley, Will; Johnson, Amber; Waldman, Irwin; Lahey, Benjamin
- Abstract
A powerful longitudinal data source, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Children data, allows measurement of behavior problems (BP) within a developmental perspective linking them to menarcheal timing (MT). In a preliminary analysis, we evaluate the bivariate relationships between BP measured at different developmental periods and the timing of menarche. Correlations were not consistent with any correlational/causal relationship between BP and MT. In the major part of our study, MT was used to moderate the developmental trajectory of BP, within a genetically-informed design. Girls reaching menarche early had behavior problem variance accounted for by the shared environment; those reaching menarche with average/late timing had behavior problem differences accounted for by genetic variance. Our findings match previous empirical results in important ways, and also extend those results. A theoretical interpretation is offered in relation to a theory linking genetic/shared environmental variance to flexibility and choices available within the family in relation to BP.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR disorders in children; MENARCHE; GIRLS; HUMAN genetic variation; GENOTYPE-environment interaction; MODERATION (Statistics); ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
Behavior Genetics, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
0001-8244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10519-014-9676-4