Abstract
The theme of this study is centered on the effects of pubertal development on a range of biopsychosocial factors and their consequences in modulating the ability of adolescents to self-regulate their behavior, which impacts mental and physical health and quality of life in adulthood. The proposal is innovative because: 1) unlike the literature, which considers only age in behavioral development, we will examine the role of sexual maturation, which determines neurological changes in this phase of life; 2) we will use behavioral measures that are in the public domain, which will be made available, and cost-effective biomarkers that are only slightly invasive or not so (saliva, capillary blood, hair), in order to democratize the reproducibility of findings. The biopsychosocial factors investigated in the light of pubertal development will include sleep quality, chronotype, mood and how they are affected by socioeconomic status, gender, family invirnment, etc .; biological measures related to health and allostatic load during pubertal development will include metabolic, endocrine and immunological markers of low cost collected with minimally invasive procedures. The effects of these factors on the development of differentiable functions of self-regulation [based on logical reasoning (cool functions) and emotions (hot functions)] will then be studied. The study will be cross-sectional and will include 330 9-15 year-old participants from a wide range of backgrounds. Factors susceptible to interventions to improve self-regulation in adolescence will be determined and the results will be disseminated to the scientific community and the general public. (AU)
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