Appearance-Related Victimization and Pubertal Asynchrony: Identifying Sex-Specific Vulnerabilities.

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Youth and Adolescence Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI:10.1007/s10964-024-02099-z

Jasmine C Bigelow, Natasha Chaku

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Pubertal development is associated with many psychosocial and interpersonal changes, including a dramatic rise in appearance-related victimization. Yet, it is unclear what aspects of pubertal development provoke victimization along with which, and when, youth are at heightened risk. The present study seeks to address this gap by examining the effect of pubertal asynchrony (i.e., temporal variation in an individual's pubertal milestones) on appearance-related victimization and by determining whether associations between asynchrony and victimization differ by sex and pubertal status. In follow-up analyses, associations between pubertal asynchrony and different typologies of victimization were also assessed. Participants included 373 youth (M_age = 13.51 [1.62]; 40% girls, 60% boys; 61% White) drawn from an online sample. The results showed that more pubertal asynchrony was associated with more appearance-related victimization, especially for girls, but associations did not differ across pubertal status. Latent profile analyses of appearance-related victimization further suggested that asynchronous youth were more likely to be in profiles characterized by high appearance-related victimization as well as those characterized by high height-based victimization (boys only). The findings suggest that pubertal asynchrony contributes to appearance-related victimization in adolescence and highlights the need for targeted intervention efforts related to pubertal development and specific typologies of victimization.

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与外貌有关的伤害和青春期不同步：识别特定性别的脆弱性。

青春期发育与许多社会心理和人际关系的变化有关，包括与外貌有关的受害事件急剧增加。然而，目前还不清楚青春期发育的哪些方面会导致受害，以及青少年在哪些方面和何时会面临更大的风险。本研究试图通过研究青春期不同步（即个体青春期里程碑的时间变化）对与外貌相关的受害行为的影响，以及确定不同步与受害行为之间的关联是否因性别和青春期状况而异，来弥补这一空白。在后续分析中，还评估了青春期不同步与不同类型的受害行为之间的关联。参与者包括 373 名青少年（年龄 = 13.51 [1.62]；40% 为女孩，60% 为男孩；61% 为白人），均来自网上样本。结果表明，青春期越不同步，与外貌相关的受害行为就越多，尤其是对女孩而言，但不同青春期状况的受害行为之间的关联并无差异。与外貌相关的受害情况的潜在特征分析进一步表明，异步青少年更有可能处于与外貌相关的受害情况较多的特征中，以及那些以身高为基础的受害情况较多的特征中（仅男孩）。研究结果表明，青春期发育不同步是造成青少年外貌相关受害的原因之一，并强调有必要针对青春期发育和特定受害类型采取有针对性的干预措施。

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Journal of Youth and Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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8.20

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6.10%

发文量

155

期刊介绍： Journal of Youth and Adolescence provides a single, high-level medium of communication for psychologists, psychiatrists, biologists, criminologists, educators, and researchers in many other allied disciplines who address the subject of youth and adolescence. The journal publishes quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. Research need not have been designed to address policy needs, but manuscripts must address implications for the manner society formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions) responds to the period of youth and adolescence.