Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1227 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Timing, Race and Context
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The idea
Black girls show pubertal changes earlier on average; one hypothesis, attributed to researchers, is stress from discrimination.
In practice
Household instability predicting earlier puberty for Black, White and Hispanic girls but not for Asian and Pacific Islander girls.
Where people slip
Context amplifies timing effects: early-maturing Hispanic youth in mostly White areas had more mental-health problems.
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