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    Pubertal Timing and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Rural African American Male Youth: Testing a Model Based on Life History Theory

    Life History Theory (LHT), a branch of evolutionary biology, describes how organisms maximize their reproductive success in response to environmental conditions. This theory suggests that challenging environme...

    Steven M. Kogan, Junhan Cho, Leslie Gordon Simons in Archives of Sexual Behavior (2015)

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    Racial Microstressors, Racial Self-Concept, and Depressive Symptoms Among Male African Americans During the Transition to Adulthood

    Racial discrimination is a pervasive stressor that can undermine mental health among African American youth and young adults. Several studies identify links between racial discrimination and depressive symptom...

    Steven M. Kogan, Tianyi Yu, Kimberly A. Allen in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2015)

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    The Development of Conventional Sexual Partner Trajectories Among African American Male Adolescents

    African American male youth disproportionately report involvement with multiple sexual partners, which increases their risk for sexually transmitted infections and initiation of unplanned pregnancies. Little i...

    Steven M. Kogan, Tianyi Yu, Gene H. Brody, Kimberly A. Allen in Archives of Sexual Behavior (2013)