• 107-01 - Predicting Delayed Fertility Among African-American Emerging Adults:  A Prospective Analysis Based on Life History Theory. Presented by: Junhan Cho, Kimberly A. Allen, Steven M. Kogan, Christina M. Grange
• 107-02 - Predictors of Psychological and Health Risk Outcomes Among African-American Emerging Adults:  Examining Skin Tone, Parenting, and Racial Factors. Presented by: Antoinette M. Landor, Leslie Gordon Simons, Janet N. Melby
• 107-03 - Romantic Relationships and Health Among African-American Emerging Adults:  Linking Patterns of Relationship Quality Over Time to Changes in Physical and Mental Health. Presented by: Elizabeth Culatta, Ashley Barr
• 107-04 - Discrimination as a Predictor of Multiple Sexual Partnerships of African-American Men. Presented by: Kimberly A. Allen, Alexandra M. Pocock, Steven M. Kogan, Christina M. Grange, Junhan Cho, Gene Brody   

Abstracts

Predictors of Health Outcomes and Health Risk Behavior of African American Emerging Adults

A myriad of factors have been found to impact the health outcomes of African Americans adult.  Past research has documented the association between factors such as racial discrimination, romantic relationship quality, and parenting and health outcomes (Wickrama, Lorenz, & Conger, 1997).  Little, however, is known about the effects of such predictors on African American emerging adult health outcomes and health risk behavior.  Guided by developmental and life course perspectives, the four papers in this session explore various predictors on health outcomes and health risk behavior of African American emerging adults.