在阿根廷和约旦的青少年中,阳性皮质醇-激素激素合
Delaney J Glass1,2, Jessica Godwin3, Josefin Koehn4
1Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
American journal of biological anthropology
|October 1, 2025
概括
皮质醇和之间的荷尔蒙合在非西方人群中持续到青春期,挑战了以前关于脱的假设. 这些发现突出了全球性青春期发展模式的多样性.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学与人类发展
- 跨文化青少年研究 跨文化青少年研究
背景情况:
- 青春期涉及下丘脑-垂体-上腺 (HPA) 和淋巴腺 (HPG) 轴.
- 人们假设皮质醇和激素在青春期结合在一起,然后分离.
研究的目的:
- 在非西方人群中调查皮质醇和之间的荷尔蒙合.
- 为了测试不同群体的青春期发育过程中荷尔蒙合是否发生变化.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自科姆/托巴土著女性和叙利亚/约旦青年的纵向和横截面数据.
- 利用贝叶斯的层次模型来评估皮质醇-的合跨年龄和性别.
主要成果:
- 在两种受研究人群中观察到积极的,特定于年龄的皮质醇-结合.
- 荷尔蒙合随着青春期的增长而增加,并且与预期相反,在老年人中没有下降.
- 在人口中,模式因年龄和性别而异.
结论:
- 在两个不同的非西方人群中,第一个证明青春期内皮质醇-的合的研究.
- 没有观察到荷尔蒙脱,这表明了其他发展轨迹.
- 这些发现挑战了以西方为中心的模式,并强调了全球,环境敏感的青少年发展研究的必要性.
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