Dr Chris Hayward is an Associate Professor and Chief of Hospital-Based Services for the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. He was awarded teacher of the year in 1994 and has received a William T. Grant Faculty Scholar award.

• Preface; 1. Methodological concerns in puberty-related research Chris Hayward; Part I. Sex Differences in Hormones and their Effect at Puberty: 2. The biology of puberty: new developments in sex difference Patricia Fechner; 3. Hormonal changes at puberty and the emergence of gender differences in internalizing disorders Katherine Sanborn and Chris Hayward; Part II. Girls at Puberty: 4. Puberty and body image Eric Stice; 5. Girls' opposite-sex relationships; interactions with puberty Laura Compian and Chris Hayward; 6. Aggression, psychopathology and deliquency: influences of gender and maturation. Where did all the good girls go? Stephanie R. Hawkins, Samantha Pia Miller and Hans Steiner; Part III. Boys at Puberty: 7. Boys at puberty: psychosocial implications Jenica Huddleston and Xiaojia Ge; Part IV. Puberty and Psychopathology: 8. Puberty and depression Adrian Angold, Carol Worthman and E. Jane Costello; 9. Puberty and schizophrenia Andrew Gotowiec, Mary V. Seeman and Robin Z. Cohen; Part V. Pubertal Timing: Antecedents: 10. Childhood sexual abuse and pubertal timing; implications for long-term psychosocial adjustment Tanya A. Bergevin, William M. Bukowski and Leigh Karavasilis; 11. Psychosocial factors predicting pubertal onset Lauraie L. Meschke, Pamela Jo Johnson, Bonnie L. Barber and Jacquelynne S. Eccles; Part VI. Pubertal Timing: Consequences: 12. Short-term and long-term consequences of early vs. late physical maturation in adolescents Karina Weichold, Rainer Silbereisen and Eva Schmitt-Rodermund; 13. When coming of age means coming undone: links between puberty and psychosocial adjustment among European-American and African-American girls Alice Michael and Jacquelynne S. Eccles; Part VII. Puberty and Context: 14. Puberty in context Julia Graber.