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The Reliability of Self-Reported Menarcheal Timing

Kenyon College

Dana B. Krieg

Kenyon College

Chris Hayward

Stanford University

Catherine M. Shisslak

University of Arizona

C. Barr Taylor

Stanford University

Self-reports of grade at first menstrual period for 1,967 fourth-grade through ninth-grade girls were used to categorize girls as early maturers. The categories of early maturer and other (on-time or late maturers) were then examined for stability over a 3-year period using McNemar tests and coefficients. Although the results showed significant stability, 15% through 20% of the early maturing girls were eventually reclassified into the other category. This was true for Hispanic, Black, and White girls as well as for 1-, 2-, and 3-year time spans. Implications for measuring menarcheal timing and its effects are discussed.

Key Words: pubertal timing • early puberty • puberty measures

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 27, No. 3, 386-397 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431607302007


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