SEXUAL MATURITY RATING
⁃ Also known as Tanner stages, SMRs are a way of assessing the degree of maturation of secondary sexual characteristics.
⁃ The developmental stages of the adolescent's sexual characteristics should be rated separately (i.e., one stage for pubic hair and one for breasts in females, one stage for pubic hair and one for genitals in males), because these characteristics may differ in their degree of maturity.
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