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Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Sep;47(5):1389–1409. doi: 10.1037/a0023838

Table 7.

Relationship Between Pubertal Timing and Tempo and Girls’ Behavioral Outcomes

Variable	Breast 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
CBC–YSR internalizing, age 15.5 years (breast, N = 352; hair, N = 349)
Timing	−0.69	0.20	−.18^**	−0.81	0.22	−.21^**	−0.77	0.20	−.21^**	−0.89	0.22	−.24^**
Tempo	2.21	1.18	.10^†	2.11	1.18	.09^†	2.80	1.35	.11^*	2.73	1.35	.11^*
Timing × Tempo				−1.76	1.28	−.08				−1.79	1.40	−.07
R²		0.04			0.05			0.05			0.05
F for change in R²		7.38^**			1.88			9.07^**			1.64

SSRS internalizing, age 15.5 years (breast, N = 347; hair, N = 344)
Timing	−0.23	0.10	−.12^*	−0.28	0.11	−.15^*	−0.19	0.10	−.10^†	−0.21	0.11	−.11^†
Tempo	1.10	0.60	.10^†	1.06	0.60	.09^†	1.68	0.69	.13^*	1.67	0.69	.13^*
Timing × Tempo				−0.70	0.65	−.06				−0.31	0.71	−.03
R²		0.02			0.03			0.03			0.03
F for change in R²		4.00^*			1.17			4.43^*			0.18

CBCL–YSR externalizing, age 15.5 years (breast, N = 352; hair, N = 349)
Timing	−0.49	0.25	−.10^†	−0.53	0.28	−.11^†	−0.57	0.25	−.12^*	−0.58	0.28	−.12^*
Tempo	4.14	1.50	.15^**	4.11	1.50	.15^**	4.98	1.72	.15^**	4.97	1.72	.15^**
Timing × Tempo				−0.57	1.63	−.02				−0.15	1.78	.00
R²		0.03			0.03			0.03			0.03
F for change in R²		5.42^**			0.12			6.22^**			0.01

SSRS externalizing, age 15.5 years (breast, N = 347; hair, N = 344)
Timing	−0.12	0.11	−.06	−0.19	0.12	−.09	−0.13	0.12	−.06	−0.10	0.13	−.05
Tempo	1.89	0.68	.15^**	1.84	0.68	.14^**	1.69	0.79	.12^*	1.70	0.79	.12^*
Timing × Tempo				−0.96	0.74	−.08				0.36	0.82	.03
R²		0.02			0.03			0.02			0.02
F for change in R²		4.31^*			1.72			2.71^†			0.19

Risky sexual behavior, age 15.5 years (breast, N = 343; hair, N = 340)
Timing	−0.04	0.01	−.14^*	−0.04	0.02	−.15^*	−0.05	0.01	−.21^**	−0.06	0.02	−.22^**
Tempo	0.13	0.08	.09	0.13	0.08	.08	−0.01	0.09	−.01	−0.02	0.09	−.01
Timing × Tempo				−0.04	0.09	−.03				−0.04	0.10	−.02
R²		0.03			0.03			0.04			0.04
F for change in R²		4.37^*			0.19			7.57^**			0.14

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

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.