Idade da menarca em adolescentes brasileiras: relação entre estresse familiar, estresse escolar (bullying) e cortisol salivar

Abstract

The Evolutionary Psychology is a branch of psychology that is mainly based on ideas proposed by Charles Darwin, in his works, proposes concepts such as natural selection and evolution, showing that evolution has a purpose and that your top does not is the human species. On this basis, we proposed two articles, one focused on female sexual development of their stress factors and the other at school (bullying). The first article aimed at investigating the age at menarche as a function of stress in adolescents in São Paulo/SP and Natal/RN, and second, to investigate the stress at school (bullying) and their influence on menarche in adolescents of the same cities from the first article. The samples were 266 girls, 78 from São Paulo and 168 from Natal, 105 of these schools with high IQV (Index of Quality of Life) and 63 schools with low IQV, all between 13 and 18 years who responded to a anonymous questionnaire alone and at home. The results confirmed the theory of energy and suppression by stress (Article 1) and showed a strong relationship between family stress and suffering experienced bullying during childhood (Article 2).