来自HCHS/SOL青年中心的西班牙裔/拉丁裔儿童的家庭功能和青春期成熟
Ayana K April-Sanders1, Parisa Tehranifar2,3, Mary Beth Terry2,3
1Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
概括
家庭功能障碍影响了西班牙裔/拉丁裔年轻人的青春期时间. 它与女孩的身高增长放缓和男孩的青春期成熟延迟有关,突出了进一步研究的需要.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 家庭功能障碍与青春期的时间有关,但关于种族/少数民族的数据很少.
- 了解西班牙裔/拉丁裔年轻人的这些关联对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 敏感的发育期需要对环境影响进行专注的调查.
研究的目的:
- 研究家庭功能障碍对青春期成熟时间的影响.
- 在美国西班牙裔/拉丁裔儿童和青少年中检查这些关联.
- 探索潜在的基于性别的差异对家庭功能障碍的影响.
主要方法:
- 在SOL青年研究中利用了1466名西班牙裔/拉丁裔年轻人 (8-16岁) 的数据.
- 使用青春期发育量表 (PDS) 测量青春期成熟度.
- 通过单亲父母身份,不健康的功能,低亲密度和疏忽的育儿来评估家庭功能障碍,使用调整为共变量的回归分析.
主要成果:
- 家庭功能障碍与女孩的身高增长有负相关性 (OR=0.66).
- 对于男孩的个别PDS项目,没有发现显著的关联.
- 累积的PDS得分显示,家庭功能障碍与男孩的青春期成熟率较低有关 (b=-0.63).
结论:
- 家庭功能障碍对西班牙裔/拉丁裔男孩和女孩的青春期成熟时间有不同的影响.
- 青春期的时间是童年逆境和成人健康之间的关键联系.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明这些发展途径中的性别和社会文化差异.
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