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Monahan KC, Steinberg L. Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence During the Transition to Adolescence. J Res Adolesc. 2011;21(3):576-585doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x.
Monahan, K. C., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence During the Transition to Adolescence. Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 21(3), 576-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x
Monahan, Kathryn C, and Steinberg, Laurence. "Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence During the Transition to Adolescence." Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence vol. 21,3 (2011): 576-585. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x
Monahan KC, Steinberg L. Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence During the Transition to Adolescence. J Res Adolesc. 2011 Sep 01;21(3):576-585. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x. PMID: 21857776; PMCID: PMC3156669.
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J Res Adolesc. 2011 Sep 01;21(3):576-585. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x.

Accentuation of Individual Differences in Social Competence During the Transition to Adolescence.

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence

Kathryn C Monahan, Laurence Steinberg

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  1. Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98115-2024.

PMID: 21857776 PMCID: PMC3156669 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00705.x

Abstract

Using a sample of individuals (277 males, 315 females) studied since birth in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the present study investigated how early pubertal maturation and school transition alter youth trajectories of social competence during the transition to adolescence. Social competence showed strong continuity, with the most socially competent children remaining so in adolescence. Early pubertal maturation and school transitions accentuate individual differences, increasing social competence among more competent youth, but further diminishing social competence among less competent individuals. In essence, facing challenges that require social competence may further separate competent individuals from less competent peers. Thus, the psychosocially rich become richer, while the psychosocially poor become poorer.

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