Description: IntroductionPART I: Interaction of Biological and Environmental Factors in Adolescence and Puberty1. Factors Controlling the Onset of Puberty in Primates2. The Onset of Human Puberty--Biological and Environmental Factors3. Biological and Social Influences on the Endocrinology of Puberty: Some Additional Considerations4. A Comparative Primate Perspective on Adolescence5. Hormonal and Social Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Initiation6. Hormones and Behavior at Puberty7. Changing Patterns of Psychiatric Disorders Over Adolescence8. Mood Changes During AdolescencePART II: Social and Cultural Aspects of Adolescent Sexuality9. Emerging and Submerging Adolescent Sexuality: Culture and Sexual Orientation10. Social Support/Pressure and Adolescent Sexual Behavior11. Factors Affecting Adolescents: Have They Changed in 40 Years?12. The Impact of Socio-Cultural Influences in Adolescent Sexual Development: Further Considerations13. Trends in Adolescent Sexual Activity, Contraception and Pregnancy in the United States14. Cultural Influences on Adolescents' Reproductive Behavior15. Legal and Social Dilemmas of Adolescent Sexuality16. Adolescence and Puberty: An Overview of the Symposium

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