Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

adolescence, adult bodies, body image, childhood bodies, environmental influences, female development, hormone levels, physical changes, puberty stages, reproductive maturation, sexual maturation

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

During adolescence, significant physical changes of a person’s life occur as they transition from childhood bodies into fertile, adult bodies via the process of puberty, the beginning of adolescence. Puberty leads to both reproductive and sexual maturation occurring over the course of several years. The ages of the stages of puberty vary between the sexes and from person to person depending on genetics, body mass index, environmental influences and hormone levels.

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