Life Span Development II School Age and Adolescence

Life Span Development II: School age and Adolescence 3 (2+1)

Lesson 17 : Pubertal changes and their effects on adolescent personality

Outcomes of Early and Late matures

Longitudinal studies have examined the characteristics of early and late mature as they grow older and reach adulthood. These studies reveal that

Early maturing boys

1. Enjoy over their peers take more leadership roles later in life. They rate themselves more responsible and warmer but also more rigid and conforming
2. Boys who are treated as younger rate themselves as more rebellious, impulsive, childish but also more creative.
3. As they become adults they hold fewer executive jobs, report more successful marriages than do early maturing boys.

Early maturing girls

• Girls face many challenges from adults and peers while dealing with puberty, continue to experience difficulties as they grow older.
• They give birth to more number of children compared to late matured girls.
• They rate themselves as more self directed and self assured than later developing girls.