SELF-PERCEIVED RATE OF PHYSICAL MATURATION AND PERSONALITY IN LATE ADOLESCENCE.

On the basis of a self-report measure of rate of physical maturation, college students were categorized into groups of early, average, and late maturers and compared on a number of personality measures. Results indicated that: (a) late physical maturation represents a handicap to the personality development of boys, (b) early maturation is no greater an asset to personality development in boys than is an average rate of maturation, (c) the effects of rate of maturation on personal adjustment are much less profound in girls than boys, (d) the direction of the effects is similar in both sexes.

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