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Early-maturing boys as adolescents
Self-confident, high in self-esteem, likely to be chosen as leaders (but leadership tendencies more likely in low-SES boys than in middle-class boys), more likely to socialize with older peers and engage in substance abuse and delinquent behavior
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Early-maturing boys as adults
Self-confident, responsible, cooperative, sociable; but also more rigid, moralistic, humorless, and conforming
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Late-maturing boys as adolescents
Energetic, bouncy, given to attention-getting behavior, having poor body image, low in self-esteem, aspiring lower for educational achievement, not popular
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Late-maturing boys as adults
Impulsive and assertive; but also insightful, perceptive, creatively playful, able to cope with new situations
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Early-maturing girls as adolescents
More likely to date older boys, lower in self-esteem, lacking in poise (but middle-class girls more confident than those from low-SES groups) more likely to date, smoke, and drink earlier, more likely to develop eating disorders and depression
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Early-maturing girls as adults
Self-possessed, self-directed, able to cope, emotionally stable, having a wide range of interests
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Late-maturing girls as adolescents
Confident, outgoing, assured, popular, likely to be chosen as leaders
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Late-maturing girls as adults
Likely to experience difficulty adapting to stress, less agreeable, more likely to exhibit fluctuating moods
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Most significant changes to HS political thinking
1. increase in ability to deal with abstractions as freedom of speech, equal justice under law, and concept of community; 2. decline in authoritarian views; 3. increase in ability to imagine the consequences of current actions; 4. increase in political knowledge
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