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"The Partners age is associated with the youth's sex risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections". However, it is not known whether the occurrence of other risk behaviors is associated with having older sex partners during adolescence and young adulthood. This study descibes the shape of the age difference between participants and their sex partners across adolescence and young adulthood using African American youth. The mother's educaton, youth, and high school dropout rates were tested; which played an important role in results. Next, whether age differences were associated with youth's self acceptance, alcohol use, and employment trajectories over these two developmental periods was assessed. Last whether these associations had non-proportional effects over both periods was tested. This study modeled sex partners' age differences, with time. This study discusses the findings from a health perspective on youth's sexual development.

Reference:Bauermeister,Jose A.;Zimmerman,Marc A.;Caldwell,Cleopatra H.;Yange;Gee,Gilbert C..Journal of Sex Research,Jul/Aug2010,Vol.47,p330-334,15p,3Charts,4 Graphs:DOI:10.1080/00224490903015850