Menarcheal age and infant stress in humans

Whiting, John W.M.

Menarcheal age and infant stress in humans

Sex and Behavior • John Wiley • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 221-233 •

By Whiting, John W.M.

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between infant stress and early menarche. Empirical analysis suggests that stress in infancy, such as mother-infant separation and head-shaping, are associated with early menarche.

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Hypotheses (4)
Hypothesis	Supported
"The association between menarcheal age and the Gunders mother separation scores . . . [indicates] that this type of stress also leads to early menarche" (228)	Supported
"[When] we . . . correlated menarcheal age with the Landauer-Whiting measure of infant stress . . . pain and shaping did show a positive association" (226)	Supported
Menarcheal age was negatively related to infant cold stress and infant internal stress (227)	Supported
"The average menstrual age is younger in societies where the average height of females is greater" (223)	Supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: mas Amelia Piazza

Menarcheal age and infant stress in humans

Sex and Behavior • John Wiley • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 221-233 • Cite

By Whiting, John W.M.

Abstract

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Hypotheses (4)

Sex and Behavior • John Wiley • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 221-233 •