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Date Posted: 18:28:40 02/14/07 Wed
Author: Jeff Osborne (Jeffrey Osborne)
Subject: Puberty and Stress

After our discussion last week I was a little more curious about the factors that affect pubertal timing. It was intersting to find that stress and social factors also influence the start of puberty. However, these factors may only shift the timing of puberty by only a few months rather than a few years like other physical factors. Several examples of stress and social factors affecting puberty are high-stress houselhods, those experiencing sexual abuse, and and those who have been adopted. Studies suggest that the onset of puberty in girls with such circumstances is earlier. I believe we could speculate that stress and social factors may also be contributing to the trends in pubertal timing that we are seeing in many countries, however we know that these factors are not solely responsible for the trends.

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