Girls at Puberty

Section 1 • Biological Aspects of Puberty.- 1 • Physical and Biological Aspects of Puberty.- 2 • Fatness, Puberty, and Fertility: The Effects of Nutrition and Physical Training on Menarche and Ovulation.- 3 • Pubertal Changes in Adolescence.- 4 • Menarche and Dysmenorrhea.- 5 • Pituitary Desensitization with a Long-Acting Luteinizing-Hormone-Releasing Hormone Analog: A Potential New Treatment for Idiopathic Precocious Puberty.- Section 2 • Psychological Aspects of Puberty.- 6 • Alternative Constructions of Adolescent Growth.- 7 • The Psychological Significance of Pubertal Change: Sex Differences in Perceptions of Self during Early Adolescence.- 8 • The Experience of Menarche from a Developmental Perspective.- 9 • Pubertal Change and Cognition.- Section 3 • Sociocultural Aspects of Puberty.- 10 • The Intensification of Gender-Related Role Expectations during Early Adolescence.- 11 • The Social and Psychological Effects of Puberty on White Females.- 12 • Sociosexual Development of Preadolescents.- 13 • A Bargaining Theory of Menarcheal Responses in Preindustrial Cultures.- Section 4 • The Study of Puberty: Integrated Biopsychosocial Perspectives.- 14 • Future Directions in Research.