Early Puberty is associated with Psychological Health Problems in Korean Adolescents

• DOI: 10.14257/astl.2015.103.48
• Publication Date: 2016-03-11T01:44:36Z
• Authors: Ju-Young Ha; So-Hee Kim; Hye-Young Choi; Young-Mi Ahn
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 4. Education; 3. Good health

This study was performed to assess the relationship between puberty timing and psychological health in adolescence. conducted by using raw data from 9 th Korea Risk Behavior Web-based Survey 2013 (KYRBS). Participants were 35,739 adolescent girls middle high school. There statistically significant differences among three groups perceived health, body image happiness. It is conclud- ed that associated with problems. Pro- fessionals working adolescents should consider needs of early maturing girls.