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Based on the Growth and Development Questionnaire that included both the Pubertal Development Scale (PDS) and Sexual Maturation Scale (SMS), two Persian questionnaires were prepared. The face validity, content validity, criterion validity, and reliability of the questionnaire were assessed. We compared agreement of two parent-reported measures of puberty, SMS and PDS, with clinical Tanner stages (TSs) as the gold standard. Percent agreement, Cohen\u2019s kappa coefficient, and Kendall\u2019s \u03c4 b were used to assess the agreement between maternal assessments with clinical TS. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Cronbach\u2019s \u03b1 coefficient were also calculated to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2023-0409_abs_003\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 150 students aged 6\u201317 years with mean (SD) age of 10 (2.04) completed this study. The percentages of agreement for the mother-reported SMS in relation to clinical TS for breast stage and pubic hair stage were 60\u202f% and 53.8\u202f%, respectively. The percentages of agreement of the mother-reported PDS in relation to clinical TS for breast stage and pubic hair stage were 55.8 and 66\u202f%, respectively. The weighted kappa coefficients showed moderate agreement, with weighted kappa ranging from 0.52 to 0.61. The mother-reported SMS and PDS showed high reliability. The Cronbach\u2019s alpha of the PDS and the SMS was 0.88 and 0.83, respectively. The ICC of the mother-reported SMS and the mother-reported PDS was 0.95 (0.92\u20130.98) and 0.97 (0.94\u20130.98), respectively.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2023-0409_abs_004\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study indicated that a maternal assessment of sexual maturity using the PDS or SMS can reliably estimate pubertal development in adolescent girls in an Iranian population.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpem-2023-0409","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,10]],"date-time":"2024-01-10T15:02:09Z","timestamp":1704898929000},"page":"156-162","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Validity and reliability of parent assessments of pubertal maturation among adolescent girls in Isfahan, Iran"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Nafiseh","family":"Mozafarian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Noncommunicable Disease , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahin","family":"Hashemipour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Noncommunicable Disease , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"},{"name":"Metabolic Liver Disease Research Center , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Reza","family":"Maracy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"},{"name":"Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seyed Ali","family":"Madineh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Isfahan Provincial Education and Training Organization , Isfahan , Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raheleh","family":"Farahi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Center of Isfahan Province , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roya","family":"Kelishadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Noncommunicable Disease , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024021417134774264_j_jpem-2023-0409_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"H\u00fcbers, M, Geisler, C, Plachta-Danielzik, S, M\u00fcller, M. 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