The Role of Pubertal Timing in the Development of Peer Victimization and Offending From Early- to Mid-Adolescence

We used latent growth curve analysis to extend research on associations between early puberty and adverse peer relations by examining the role of pubertal timing in developmental trajectories victimization offending from early- mid-adolescence. made use three-wave longitudinal data collected annually a cohort Swedish adolescents ( N = 1,515, 51% girls, [Formula: see text] age at T1 13.0 years). The results revealed negative trends for offending. Early was linked higher initial levels steeper decrease only effect that differed genders level stronger boys than girls. In conclusion, impact occurs stages adolescence disappears thereafter.