Table 6.

Relationship Between Pubertal Timing and Tempo and Boys’ Behavioral Outcomes

Variable	Genital development						Pubic hair development
	Model 1			Model 2			Model 1			Model 2
	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
CBCL–YSR internalizing, age 15.5 years (N = 333)
Timing	−0.01	0.29	.00	0.01	0.29	.00	−0.05	0.24	−.01	−0.11	0.27	−.03
Tempo	0.90	1.20	.05	0.83	1.23	.04	−0.02	0.74	.00	0.05	0.77	.00
Timing × Tempo				0.33	1.13	.02				−0.29	0.70	−.03
R2		0.00			0.00			0.00			0.00
F for change in R2		0.40			0.08			0.02			0.18
SSRS internalizing, age 15.5 years (N = 329)
Timing	−0.04	0.15	−.02	−0.08	0.15	−.03	−0.13	0.12	−.06	−0.24	0.14	−.11†
Tempo	0.88	0.61	.09	1.00	0.63	.11	−0.09	0.38	−.01	0.08	0.40	.01
Timing × Tempo				−0.57	0.58	−.06				−0.60	0.36	−.11†
R2		0.01			0.01			0.00			0.01
F for change in R2		1.79			0.96			0.52			2.86†
CBCL–YSR externalizing, age 15.5 years (N = 333)
Timing	0.26	0.29	.06	0.26	0.26	.06	0.20	0.24	.05	0.13	0.28	.03
Tempo	2.38	1.21	.13*	2.36	1.23	.13†	0.62	0.75	.05	0.72	0.77	.06
Timing × Tempo				0.06	1.14	.00				−0.39	0.70	−.04
R2		0.01			0.01			0.00			0.00
F for change in R2		1.95			0.00			0.54			0.30
SSRS externalizing, age 15.5 years (N = 329)
Timing	0.33	0.17	.12†	0.27	0.17	.10	0.37	0.14	.15**	0.22	0.16	.09
Tempo	0.43	0.71	.04	0.65	0.73	.06	−0.25	0.44	−.03	−0.02	0.45	.00
Timing × Tempo				−0.99	0.67	−.09				−0.82	0.41	−.13*
R2		0.01			0.02			0.03			0.04
F for change in R2		1.98			2.16			4.35*			4.00*
Risky sexual behavior, age 15.5 years (N = 326)
Timing	−0.04	0.02	−.15*	−0.04	0.02	−.15*	−0.03	0.02	−.09	−0.02	0.02	−.09
Tempo	−0.02	0.08	−.01	−0.02	0.08	−.01	0.00	0.05	.00	0.00	0.05	.00
Timing × Tempo				0.00	0.08	.00				0.01	0.05	.01
R2		0.02			0.02			0.01			0.01
F for change in R2		3.24*			0.00			1.36			0.02

Note. CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist; YSR = Youth Self Report; SSRS = Social Skills Rating Scale.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.