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Associations between Pubertal Hormones and Behavioral and Affective Expression

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Psychoneuroendocrinology

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It is commonly believed that the biological changes of puberty exert a strong influence upon adolescent adaptation. Interest in associations between biological change and psychological functioning has always existed within the field of early adolescent developmental psychology (Freud, 1948; Freud, 1905; Hall, 1904). Early psychoanalytic theorists hypothesized that hormonal changes cause libidinal (or sexual instinctual) transformations at puberty (Freud, 1905) as well as accounting for a host of psychological defense mechanisms (Freud, 1948) used by young adolescents to combat these overwhelming libidinal drives. Hall (1904) viewed puberty as inherently stressful and conflictual, describing adolescence as a period of “storm und drang,” or storm and stress.

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    Clarissa S. Holmes

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Paikoff, R.L., Brooks-Gunn, J. (1990). Associations between Pubertal Hormones and Behavioral and Affective Expression. In: Holmes, C.S. (eds) Psychoneuroendocrinology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3306-0_14

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