Compare and contrast early and late maturers, and discuss positive and negative consequences for each type of individual
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According to Santrock (2007), adolescents who mature earlier or laterthan their friends have different outlooks of themselves.For instance, early-maturing males had positive outlooks of themselves and had moresuccessful friendships, compared to late-maturing males.Yet, late-maturing males in their thirties developed a stronger sense of identity thanearly-maturing males.The stronger sense of identity may be due to late-maturing males having more time to explore their life choices or becauseearly-maturing males focused on their physical status instead of careerdevelopment.Most recently, research claims that during adolescence it isadvantageous to be an early-maturing male.However, this is not the samefor females.Research claims that early maturing girls risk having manyproblems such as: smoking, drinking, depression, eating disorders,struggling for earlier independence from their parents, and having olderfriends.As a result of maturing earlier, dating and earlier sexualexperiences occur.In addition, early-maturing girls tend to have sex, moreunstable sexual relationships, are less likely to graduate from high school,and tend to cohabit and marry earlier.