Hormonal changes through a social justice lens

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

6-25-2024

Publication Title

Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Second Edition: Volumes 1-3

Abstract

Adolescence begins with pubertal maturation, driven by hormones released by the brain and body. Hormonal biomarkers show that developmental processes begun in utero are reawakened at puberty. This chapter describes how useful seemingly objective hormonal biomarkers are in shedding light on adolescent development, but also how the biomarkers themselves are often misfits to psychologists' constructs for what it means to grow up. The chapter uses a social justice lens to understand when and why it is necessary to rethink what we ‘know’ about hormones to continue the self-correcting scientific process.

First Page

Vol1:191

Last Page

Vol1:204

ISBN

[9780323958202, 9780323960236]

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