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Record 1 2010-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
DEF

The phase which immediately precedes puberty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
DEF

Période de la vie qui précède immédiatement la puberté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Sistemas endocrino y metabólico
CONT

Prepubertad. En esta subetapa de la vida (10 a 12 años aproximadamente) en donde comienzan a apreciarse los primeros y quizá más bruscos cambios en la constitución física y en la personalidad del joven. Las manifestaciones conductales típicas son: cambios bruscos en el ánimo, irritabilidad, hipersensibilidad y bipolaridad entre introversión y extroversión; en términos generales, una personalidad que se muestra desintegrada e inestable.

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