Female Adolescent Development Research Articles

Teenage vegetarianism: Beauty or the beast?

The aim of this study was to examine the likely cognitive and social ideological influences associated with teenage vegetarianism. Two thousand adolescents (mean age 16 years) took part in a survey conducted in 52 South Australian schools. The data collected from two questionnaires was reduced in complexity by principal components analyses and the resulting factor scores examined via ANOVA which compared female Non-Vegetarians (NV) with Full and Semi Vegetarians (FSV). FSV exhibited more concern for the environment, animal welfare and gender equity than non vegetarians. In addition, and contrary to our initial hypotheses, FSV reported more concern about their appearance, greater use of TV programs for behavioural modelling, and greater prevalence of extreme weight loss behaviours. The findings suggest a possible developmental link between teenage vegetarianism and eating disorders which may be part of female adolescent identity development.

PTSD Symptoms in Urban Adolescent Girls: Compounded Community Trauma

To describe the assessments for exposure to violent events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a population of urban adolescent girls. Seventy-nine urban adolescent girls attending an adolescent medicine clinic were assessed via clinician-assisted self-report measures called the Adolescent Self-Report Trauma Questionnaire. The questionnaire gathered information on demographics, exposure to community and domestic violent events, and PTSD symptoms. The adolescents experienced between 8 and 55 different types of community and domestic violent events, with the mean number of violent events being 28. Hyperarousal cluster symptoms were present in 90%, reexperiencing clusters symptoms in 89%, and avoidance cluster symptoms in 80%, while 67% met symptom criteria for PTSD. Increased number of types of violent events was positively correlated with meeting PTSD criteria (p = .01) and with increased PTSD severity scores (p = .001). These urban adolescent girls have experienced prolonged and repeated exposure to multiple types of community as well as domestic violent events, via multiple modalities of contact, over time. They reported a high percentage of PTSD symptoms across all three symptom clusters. The authors propose the concept of "compounded community trauma" and discuss its marked impact on female adolescent development.

Female adolescent development

Female adolescent development

Sexual Integration in Female Adolescence

The growing acceptance of the concept of primary femininity suggests inquiry into the process through which adolescents girls integrate their rapidly developing, specifically female sexual capacities. A review of classic observations makes it apparent that, in heterosexual adolescence, the girl comes to terms with her fertility and increasing sexual excitement and with intensified wishes both to draw the opposite sex to herself and to be penetrated by the male. A discussion of these issues provides an interpretive matrix for an examination of themes of female adolescent sexual development in Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl.

Ego Development and Perceptions of Parent Behavior in Adolescent Girls

The developmental dynamics of achieving egoautonomy in adolescent girls have not been adequately explored. This is a report of a qualitative study that investigated the relationship between female adolescent ego development and parent behavior from the perspective of the adolescent girl's view of her parents. The thesis of the study was that in order to understand the process of ego development in the adolescent girl, it would be necessary to understand that her development is embedded within the context of a father-daughter-mother triangle. Twelve high school senior girls were randomly selected from a larger study and intensively interviewed as they were negotiating the transition from high school to college. Findings indicated that perceived parenting behaviors of their mothers andfathers and the girls' level of ego development were related lo each other and to variations in the effectiveness with which the adolescents negotiated the difficulties associated with the transition to college.

The role of attachments in female adolescent development

Traditional theories of normal adolescent development have incorrectly underscored the importance of the individuation as the psychological goal. This paper will discuss how adolescent girls use their relationships to clarify their identity and differentiate themselves from their families of origin. Girls use friends, as journals, to achieve self differentiation in the context of their relationships. The clinical implications of this newer model, with its emphasis on attachments rather than on separation, will be considered, and group therapy recommended as the treatment of choice for adolescent girls.

The effects of incest on female adolescent development.

Soixante adolescentes victimes d'inceste ont ete «evaluees» et/ou traitees sur une periode de trois ans par: separation d'avec la famille et etablissement de relations interpairs; instauration d'un sentiment de soi positif; developpement de l'epreuve de realite; instauration de relations hetero-sexuelles; developpement de l'image du corps et du sens de la maitrise (de la prise) sur l'environnement

The Body Politic: Normal Female Adolescent Development and the Development of Eating Disorders

The Body Politic: Normal Female Adolescent Development and the Development of Eating Disorders

An exploratory study of dominance interactions among adolescent females at a summer camp

One bunk of eight 16- to 17-year old females was studied over a four-week camping session. Instances of dyadic dominance behaviors between group members were recorded in three settings. Although participants formed a cohesive group dominance structure that remained relatively stable throughout the camp session, the structure was not rigid or hierarchical. A new term, "cohesive dyarchy," was coined to describe intracabin dominance relations. In contrast to many studies of adolescent females, popularity with boys and physical attractiveness were not found to be major predictors of dominance status. A variety of personality traits emphasizing interpersonal skills, athletic ability, and self-reported self-esteem predicted dominance status. Implications of these findings in terms of female adolescent development and future research are discussed.

Developing an instructional unit on toxic shock syndrome for adolescent girls.

Nationwide surveillance for toxic shock syndrome (TSS) by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that as of October 19, 1981, 44 percent of the cases of TSS that developed in menstruating women occurred in the 10 to 19-year age group. Although the risk of developing TSS is small, as determined by the CDC, a fatality rate of 7.8 percent is of great concern, considering previously healthy teenage girls and young women are affected. Nursing literature has devoted relatively little attention to providing adolescent girls with information about TSS. This paper examines current research pertaining to (a) the pathogenesis and treatment of TSS, (b) tampon usage patterns among adolescents, (c) female adolescent development and identity formation, and (d) adolescent health information-seeking behaviors, and utilizes this information as a basis for developing a teaching-learning unit on TSS for adolescent girls.

Dysgenesis of testicular and streak gonads in the syndrome of mixed gonadal dysgenesis: Perspective derived from a clinicopathologic analysis of twenty-one cases

The clinical and pathologic aspects of 21 cases of mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD) were studied. The gonads in 15 patients consisted of a macroscopic testis and a streak gonad; six patients had variants, including two with bilateral testes and four with bilateral streak gonads or tumors. Functionally, the gonads were incompetent. Testes 1) failed to completely inhibit müllerian development, 2) failed to support full differentiation of mesonephric duct structures, 3) failed to adequately masculinize development of the external genitalia, or 4) often failed to mediate their own descent, resulting in asymmetry of the internal and external genitalia. None of the streak gonads mediated normal female adolescent development or fertility. Microscopic examination revealed that every gonad, regardless of its gross appearance, was morphologically abnormal. Although gonads with seminiferous tubules usually developed to a moderately advanced state, macroscopically resembling testes, the hilar zone remained architecturally disorganized; the cortex invariably lacked more than a rudimentary tunica albuginea or exhibited partial ovarian differentiation, sometimes even with a rare primordial follicle. Over time, the seminiferous tubules atrophied and hyalinized. Gonads that grossly resembled streak gonads were observed microscopically to be composed of a stroma resembling that of normal ovarian cortex. In patients more than several years of age, the entire complement of germ cells in streak gonads disappeared. It is suggested that patients with MGD be raised as females. Early removal of gonads will prevent the development of gonadoblastoma and dysgerminoma. If the uterus is retained and the patient is subsequently given exogenous estrogen, care should be taken to detect early any signs of the development of endometrial carcinoma or its precursor, to which these patients may be prone.

The Black Female Adolescent: A Review of the Educational, Career and Psychological Literature

This article presents a basic overview of the literature on the educational, career, and psychological development of black female adolescents. Adolescence is defined primarily in terms of individuals' attempts to deal effectively with life developmental tasks. As such, adolescence is viewed as that broad period covering the ages of 12 to 21. Emphasis is placed, however, on the early and mid-stages of adolescent development. Comparisons and contrasts are made regarding the development of black female, black male, white male, and white female adolescents.

Book Reviews

The Dynamics of Psychological Development. Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess. Child Abuse: An Agenda for Action. Edited by George Gerbner, Catherine J. Ross and Edward Zigler. Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Edited by G. Pirooz Sholevar, Ronald M. Benson and Barton J. Blinder. Educating Slow‐Learning and Maladjusted Children: Integration or Segregation? D. M. Galloway and Carole Goodwin. People not Patients. Problems and Policies in Mental Handicap. Peter Mittler. Female Adolescent Development. Edited by Max Sugar. Emerging Language in Autistic Children. Warren H. Fay and Adriana Schuler. An Evaluation of a School Psychological Service: the Portsmouth Pattern. H. J. Wright and T. A. N. Payne Educating Adolescent Girls. E. M. Chandler Gender and Disordered Behavior. Sex Differences in Psychopathology. Edited by Edith S. Gomberg and Violet Franks. Psiquiatria Infantil. F. Cobos. Aspects of Epilepsy. Proceedings of the Oxford Scientific Meeting of the International League Against Epilepsy (British Branch) Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood. (2nd Edition.) Edited by Herbert C. Quay and John S. Werry. Harry Stack Sullivan's Concepts of Personality Development and Psychiatric Illness. A. H. Chapman and Miriam Q. M. S. Chapman. The Guided Reinvention of Language. Andrew Lock. Adolescence and Alcohol. J. E. Mayer and W. J. Filstead. Are Young Children Egocentric? Edited by M. V. Cox Helping Your Handicapped Baby. C. Cunningham and P. Sloper Let Me Read. D. Jeffree and M. Skeffington. Art Activities for the Handicapped. S. M. Atack. Teaching the Handicapped Child. D. M. Jeffree, R. Mcconkey and S. Hewson Learning to Cope. E. Whelan and B. Speake. Helping the Retarded—A Systematic Behavioural Approach (2nd Edition). E. A. Perkins, P. D. taylor and A. C. M. Capie. Prevention of Mental Handicap. B.I.M.H. Conference Proceedings. Holes in the Welfare Net. M. Oswin. Infants at Risk. Assessment of Cognitive Functioning. Edited by R. B. Kearsley and I. E. Sigel Modern Management of Mental Handicap. A Manual of Practice. Edited by G B. Simon. Children and Youth Services Review. An international multi‐disciplinary quarterly review of the welfare of young people.

Review of Handbook of adolescent psychology, Female adolescent development and Adolescent to adulthood: Change and stability in the lives of young men—Youth in transition, Vol. VI.

Review of Handbook of adolescent psychology, Female adolescent development and Adolescent to adulthood: Change and stability in the lives of young men—Youth in transition, Vol. VI.

FEMALE ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT—edited by Max Sugar, M.D.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1979, 362 pages, $19.50

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessFEMALE ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT—edited by Max Sugar, M.D.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1979, 362 pages, $19.50Susan M. FisherSusan M. FisherSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.12.859-aAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "FEMALE ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT—edited by Max Sugar, M.D.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1979, 362 pages, $19.50." Psychiatric Services, 31(12), pp. 859-a–860 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byNone Volume 31Issue 12 December 1980Pages 859-a-860 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 December 1980

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Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessFemale Adolescent DevelopmentPAUL N. GRAFFAGNINOPAUL N. GRAFFAGNINOSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.4.514AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "Female Adolescent Development." American Journal of Psychiatry, 137(4), p. 514 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byNone Volume 137Issue 4 April 1980Pages 514-514 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 April 1980

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A Note on the Female Adolescent's Psychological Reactions to Breast Development

We review the literature on adolescent breast development, including the physiological sequence of normal female adolescent breast development, and the psychological responses to such development of the adolescent, her family, and her peers. Breast development is a line of developmental growth neglected by psychiatrists, pediatricians, and other health professionals. It is critical that those dealing with adolescents both note and discuss with the female her feelings about her physical development in relationship to herself, her peers (male and female), and her family.