Table 2.

Associations between Early Pubertal Timing and Outcome Variables in Adolescence and Adulthood

Variables	Early Pubertal Timing Correlation	Early Pubertal Timing Correlation	Fisher’s z test	Early Pubertal Timing Correlation
Adolescent Measures	Pearson r	Partial	p value	Spearman rho
Psychological Distress	.20*	.20*	.96	.17*
Depression	.17*	.16*	.87	.15*
Anxiety	.18*	.18*	.82	.15*
Hostility	.20*	.20*	.40	.17*
Additional Symptoms	.18*	.18*	.41	.14*
Somatization	.16*	.16*	.98	.17*
Body Mass Index	.16*	.15*	.52	.20*
Self-rated Physical Health	−.02	−.02	.17	.00
Self-rated Mental Health	.04	.04	.17	.01
Delinquency	.12*	.13*	.18	.14*
Substance Use	.22*	.22*	.35	.19*
Sexual Partners	.14*	.14*	.55	.12*
Frequency of Sex	.10*	.09*	.65	.13*
Grade Point Average	−.04	−.05	.24	−.04
Adulthood Measures
Psychological Distress	.03	.04	.71	.04
Depression	.01	.01	.81	.02
Anxiety	.02	.03	.96	.03
Hostility	.03	.03	.76	.04
Additional Symptoms	.06	.05	.44	.04
Body Mass Index	.08	.08	.55	.07
Self-rated Physical Health	−.06	−.06	.45	−.06
Self-rated Mental Health	−.03	−.03	.18	−.04
Workplace Deviancy	.09	.11	.16	.10
Substance Use	.03	.04	.15	.04
Sexual Partners	.03	.04	.32	.00
Frequency of Sex	.06	.05	.33	.05
Sexual Satisfaction	.02	.01	.70	.00
Relationship Quality	−.04	−.04	.57	−.02
Education Attainment	.03	.02	.30	.02
Covariates
Mother Age at Menarche	−.14*		.07	−.10*
Parent Education	.01		.74	.00
Family Income	.02		.67	−.01

Notes.

^*p<.05, two-tailed. The column for the Fisher’s z-test evaluates gender differences in the correlations. None were statistically significant.