Seminarium: Pubertal timing and tempo in adolescent development

Forskargruppen Barn och Unga på Institutionen för Individ och Samhälle bjuder in till öppet seminarium för alla medarbetare på Högskolan Väst.

Pubertal timing and tempo in adolescent development: Modeling longitudinal patterns

There is substantial literature regarding the associations between pubertal status (compared to same-aged peers) and various developmental outcomes in adolescence. However, much of this research is cross-sectional, and based on samples with limited generalizability. In this seminar, I will present several ways to analyze longitudinal pubertal status data from several datasets from various countries, to distinguish "pubertal status for age/timing" from "tempo/pace of pubertal change over time", and discuss whether and how these separate components show distinct associations with developmental behavioral and mental health outcomes. 

Kirby Deater-Deckard, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and in 2023-2024 is a Core Fellow and Research Director at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. As a quantitative developmental psychologist, he studies individual differences across the lifespan, with particular emphasis on the links between family processes and behavioral and mental health.