Bolognini M, Plancherel B, Nuñez R, Bettschart W
SUPEA, Unité de recherche, Lausanne Suisse.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 1993;41(4):337-45.
The transition from childhood to adolescence is widely believed to be a stressful period in which the child faces multiple changes: physical changes, school choices, development of new social roles, and changes in the relation with his or her parents and friends. We investigated the effects of the timing of puberty on mental health, studied in a population of 219 young adolescents who were followed during three years (mean age at the beginning of the study was 12.5 years). The changes in the perception of the individual's body associated with puberty depended on the child's gender. Significant events during puberty had a negative effect on mental health. Although puberty remains a critical period of temporary unstable and fragile transition, most of the young adolescents coped relatively well with the physiological, psychological and social changes they faced.
人们普遍认为，从童年到青春期的过渡是一个压力重重的时期，在此期间孩子面临多种变化：身体变化、学校选择、新社会角色的形成，以及与父母和朋友关系的变化。我们对219名青少年进行了为期三年的跟踪研究（研究开始时的平均年龄为12.5岁），以调查青春期时间对心理健康的影响。与青春期相关的个体对自身身体认知的变化取决于孩子的性别。青春期的重大事件对心理健康有负面影响。尽管青春期仍然是一个暂时不稳定且脆弱的关键过渡时期，但大多数青少年都能相对较好地应对他们所面临的生理、心理和社会变化。
