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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescent Mental Health

Background:

  • Puberty in girls is a critical period for the onset of psychological disorders.
  • Research has focused on external factors, neglecting individual cognitive and emotional tendencies.
  • Transdiagnostic processes are implicated in various mental health conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between pubertal status/timing and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral tendencies (transdiagnostic processes) in adolescent girls.
  • To investigate if these transdiagnostic processes mediate the association between pubertal development and depressive symptoms.
  • To provide preliminary evidence for transdiagnostic processes as mental health risks during early adolescence.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study of 228 girls aged 11.75 years.
  • Assessed pubertal status and timing.
  • Measured transdiagnostic processes including rumination, co-rumination, negative urgency, and rejection sensitivity.
  • Examined mediation by transdiagnostic processes on the link between pubertal development and depressive symptoms.

Main Results:

  • Advanced pubertal status and early pubertal timing were associated with higher levels of rumination, co-rumination, negative urgency, and rejection sensitivity.
  • Transdiagnostic processes fully mediated the relationship between pubertal status and depressive symptoms.
  • Transdiagnostic processes partially mediated the relationship between pubertal timing and depressive symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Transdiagnostic processes are linked to pubertal development in adolescent girls.
  • These processes appear to be significant mediators of depressive symptoms related to pubertal changes.
  • Findings suggest transdiagnostic processes are crucial targets for mental health interventions in early adolescent girls.