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@inproceedings{Stattin1990PubertalMI,
  title={Pubertal Maturation in Female Development},
  author={H{\aa}kan Stattin and David Magnusson},
  year={1990},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143088283}
}

This chapter discusses the issue of Biological-Psychosocial Interaction, which affects girls in a Developing Environment and investigates the role of timing and social and emotional adjustment in girls' development.

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