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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.2.357

The Comparison of Psycho-Social Behavior Characteristics between Girls with Precocious Puberty and Normal Girls  

Moon, Woo-Jin (Department of Public Health, Graduate of Dankook University)
Kwon, Ho-Jang (Department of Preventive Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine)
Hwang, Man-Ki (Seocho-Inuri Oriental Medical Clinic)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.2, 2018 , pp. 357-369 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to provide data pertaining to precocious puberty by comparing the psycho-social behavior of girls with precocious puberty to those with normal development. This study was conducted from 1 June 2016 to 25 February 2017. The subjects were 104 female patients of A group with precocious puberty visiting H Oriental medicine clinic and S clinic in Seoul, and 104 girls in control group A and 104 girls in control group B attending elementary school in gun. The psycho-social behavioral characteristics of girls with precocious puberty and those with normal development were compared among 312 girls matched for gender and age using a t-test, ${\chi}^2test$, and ANOVA. In addition, the factors influencing precocious puberty were analyzed through multinomial logistic regression. The results revealed that the primary influence factors were frequency of meat intake (p<0.01) and eating-out (p<0.05). These were followed by watching TV (p<0.001), hours of using smart phone (p<0.01) and number of private institutes attended (p<0.05). Additionally, emotional and physical indexes were lower in the precocious puberty group than the control group, indicating that they have more pathology.Finally, girls in the precocious puberty group have lower family and friendship indexes than those in the control group, which means they have more pathology. Overall, the results indicate that extensive research on the causes and frequency of precocious puberty is necessary.
Keywords
Behavioral Characteristics; Girls of Elementary School; Influence Factor; Precocious Puberty; Psycho-social;
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