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Pubertal timing moderates the same-day coupling between family hassles and negative affect in girls and boys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2022

Jamie M. Gajos Open the ORCID record for Jamie M. Gajos [Opens in a new window] ,
Michael A. Russell ,
Candice L. Odgers ,
Rick H. Hoyle  and
William E. Copeland
Jamie M. Gajos*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Michael A. Russell
Affiliation:
Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Candice L. Odgers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Rick H. Hoyle
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
William E. Copeland
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
*
Corresponding author: Jamie M. Gajos, email: jmgajos@ua.edu
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Abstract

This study examined the association between pubertal timing, daily affect, conduct problems, and the exposure to hassles across family, peer, and school contexts. Adolescents (Mage = 12.27; 49.7% female; 62.6% White) completed ecological momentary assessments across 14 consecutive days (N = 388). Earlier maturing girls reported lower daily averages of positive affect compared to their same-sex, same-age peers. We did not find evidence for a relationship between pubertal timing and daily negative affect or conduct problems in girls, nor for daily negative and positive affect or conduct problems in boys. However, pubertal timing did moderate the day-level association between average negative affect and family hassles for both girls and boys. When experiencing more family hassles, earlier maturing girls reported greater negative affect relative to later maturing girls who experienced family hassles. In contrast, later maturing boys, relative to earlier maturing boys, reported higher levels of negative affect in the context of family hassles.

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Pubertal timingdaily affect and conduct problemsfamily hasslesecological momentary assessment
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , October 2023 , pp. 1942 - 1955
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