青年期的性成熟与性适应问题,是关系青年身心健康的重要问题。近百年来,世界各国的青少年普遍存在着性成熟加速提前的现象。与此同时,现代社会经济的高速发展,科学技术日新月异的进步,则要求青年期社会性延长。这样,就出现了性成熟前倾与结婚高龄化的矛盾。于是早恋、未婚先孕以及犯罪率增高等有关问题,开始向社会挑战。怎样解决这一矛盾?性成熟后能否适应社会的要求?就成为青年期研究的一个特殊课题,并且引起国内外生理学、心理学、社会学以及心理卫生学学者的普遍关注。 Adolescent sexual maturity and sexual adaptation problems, is an important issue related to physical and mental health of young people. In the past century, adolescents in all countries in the world have generally had their sexual maturity accelerated ahead of schedule. At the same time, the rapid social and economic development of the modern society and the rapid progress in science and technology require the social extension of youth. In this way, there has been a contradiction between sexual maturity and marriage aging. So puppy love, unmarried pregnancy and higher crime rates and other related issues, began to challenge the community. How to deal with this contradiction? After sexual maturity can adapt to the social requirements? It has become a special issue of adolescent research, and aroused widespread concern at home and abroad, physiology, psychology, sociology and psychosocial scholars.