Hey, your previous suggestion about adopting the Pubertal Development Scale is surprising. One of my team members wonders if we must collect this information. Therefore, I wonder if you can explain more?

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Yes. It rarely occurs to us to collect this data. Most of the time, we tend to ask children or teenagers about their age instead. However, according to the existing literature, aggression often increases during adolescence, especially among maltreated youths; and this increase may be particularly robust when the pubertal phase and not just age is considered as an indicator of development. Thus, you need to consider information on each youth’s age and pubertal phase to explore whether the effects of training varied with their development.