Based on the Differential Susceptibility Theory, we examined whether the relationship between pubertal maturation and depressive symptoms can be moderated by individual differences in environmental sensitivity. The current article used the three-wave data collected from Japanese adolescents aged from 12 to 15 years (girls = 111, boys = 98). Consequently, a significant Sensitivity × Pubertal Development interaction was observed in 12- to 13-year-old boys, but not girls. Sensitive boys who experienced accelerated physical maturation reported decreased depressive symptoms, while those who experienced less maturation had increased depressive symptoms. The shape of the interaction supported both the Differential Susceptibility Theory and the Diathesis-Stress Model. Our findings suggest that sensitivity during early puberty among boys could be reconsidered as susceptibility rather than vulnerability.

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超越素质压力范式：环境敏感性×青春期节奏相互作用对抑郁症状的影响。

基于差异易感性理论，我们研究了青春期成熟与抑郁症状之间的关系是否可以通过环境敏感性的个体差异来调节。当前文章使用了从 12 至 15 岁的日本青少年（女孩 = 111，男孩 = 98）收集的三波数据。因此，在 12 至 13 岁男孩而非女孩中观察到显着的敏感性 × 青春期发育相互作用。经历过身体成熟加速的敏感男孩报告抑郁症状减轻，而那些经历较少成熟的男孩抑郁症状增加。相互作用的形状支持差异易感性理论和素质压力模型。