Which comes first, puberty or identity? The longitudinal interrelations between pubertal timing and sexual minority self-identification among early adolescents.

IF 12.3 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Juan Del Toro,Victoria Papke,Andrea Wiglesworth,Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
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Sexual minority adolescents experience puberty earlier than their heterosexual peers. Early puberty is an indicator of premature aging and can be partly driven by chronic stress linked to discrimination. Nonetheless, the neural, cognitive, and social development linked to puberty enables adolescents to explore and understand their sexual identities. For sexual minority youth, does the stress from identity-based discrimination make them more likely to experience advanced pubertal timing, or is early pubertal timing the impetus for their self-identification with a sexual minority identity? To answer this research question, the present study leveraged longitudinal and national data to test the temporal ordering between sexual minority self-identification and pubertal timing among one sample of 7,818 unrelated adolescents and another sample of 4,050 adolescent siblings nested across 1,989 households in the United States. Across both samples, results illustrated significant bidirectional relations between pubertal timing and sexual minority self-identification. Adolescents who self-identified as sexual minorities experienced more advanced pubertal timing 1 year later, and adolescents who experienced more advanced pubertal timing were more likely to identify as sexual minorities 1 year later. While the longitudinal link between pubertal timing and later sexual minority self-identification may be a normal developmental process, the longitudinal link between sexual minority self-identification and subsequent advanced pubertal timing may be attributable to heterosexist stigma. The present findings underscore the need to mitigate prejudice so that all adolescents have the freedom to explore their identities without risks to their development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
青春期和身份认同哪个更重要?青春期时间与早期青少年性少数自我认同的纵向相互关系。
性少数青少年比异性恋同龄人更早进入青春期。青春期提前是早衰的一个指标,部分原因可能是与歧视有关的慢性压力。然而,与青春期相关的神经、认知和社会发展使青少年能够探索和理解他们的性身份。对于性少数群体的青少年来说,来自身份歧视的压力是使他们更有可能经历青春期提前,还是青春期提前是他们以性少数群体身份自我认同的动力?为了回答这个研究问题,本研究利用纵向和全国数据来测试性少数群体自我认同和青春期时间之间的时间顺序,其中一个样本是7818名无血缘关系的青少年,另一个样本是1989个美国家庭中4050名青少年兄弟姐妹。在这两个样本中,结果表明青春期时间和性少数自我认同之间存在显著的双向关系。自我认定为性少数群体的青少年在一年后的青春期提前,而青春期提前的青少年在一年后更有可能被认定为性少数群体。虽然青春期时间与性少数自我认同之间的纵向联系可能是一个正常的发育过程,但性少数自我认同与随后的青春期时间的纵向联系可能归因于异性恋者的耻辱感。目前的研究结果强调了减少偏见的必要性,这样所有的青少年都可以自由地探索他们的身份,而不会给他们的发展带来风险。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA,版权所有)。
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American Psychologist
American Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
18.50
自引率
1.20%
发文量
145
期刊介绍: Established in 1946, American Psychologist® is the flagship peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the American Psychological Association. It publishes high-impact papers of broad interest, including empirical reports, meta-analyses, and scholarly reviews, covering psychological science, practice, education, and policy. Articles often address issues of national and international significance within the field of psychology and its relationship to society. Published in an accessible style, contributions in American Psychologist are designed to be understood by both psychologists and the general public.
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