Table of Contents:
  • Factors controlling the onset of puberty in primates / Judy L. Cameron
  • The onset of human puberty : biological and environmental factors / Nancy J. Hopwood [and others]
  • Biological and social influences on the endocrinology of puberty : some additional considerations / Stephanie A. Sanders and June M. Reinisch
  • A comparative primate perspective on adolescence / Leonard A. Rosenblum
  • Hormonal and social determinants of adolescent sexual initiation / J. Richard Udry
  • Hormones and behavior at puberty / Editha D. Nottelmann [and others]
  • Changing patterns of psychiatric disorders during adolescence / Michael Rutter
  • Mood changes during adolescence / Robert T. Rubin
  • Emerging and submerging adolescent sexuality : culture and sexual orientation / Mary E. Hotvedt
  • Social support and pressure and their impact on sexual behavior / Jan E. Trost.
  • Changing influences on adolescent sexuality over the past forty years / Gail Elizabeth Wyatt
  • The impact of sociocultural influences on adolescent sexual development : further considerations / John Bancroft
  • Trends in adolescent sexual activity, contraception, and pregnancy in the United States / Sandra L. Hofferth
  • Cultural influences on adolescents' reproductive behavior / Jacqueline Darroch Forrest
  • Legal and social dilemmas of adolescent sexuality / Hyman Rodman. Comment / Harriet F. Pilpel
  • Adolescence and puberty : an overview / D. Malcolm Potts.