title: Menarcheal status and parent-child relations in families of seventh-grade girls.
abstract: The associations between menarcheal status and several child-rearing and outcome variables were examined for mother-daughter and father-daughter dyads. All variables were assessed with questionnaires as an extension of earlier observational studies. Analyses were conducted via multiple regression analyses wherein menarcheal status was treated as a continuous variable and was entered into the regression equation as a set of power polynomial terms. The results indicated that most of the significant relations occurred for the mother-daughter dyad, and most of these relations were curvilinear. When menarche occurs at or around the modal time, changes in parent-child relations may be best thought of as temporary perturbations, but when menarche occurs early the effects may persist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 810 West Franklin St., 23284, Richmond, Virginia.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Holmbeck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marlow
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lynch