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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2025 Aug 20;77(4):715–723. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.05.026

Table 2.

Two-Tailed Bivariate Correlations Among Study Variables: Black Youth

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 1 T1: Puberty Development .67** .08* .11** .27** −.02 −.10* .07 .02 .06
 2 T2: Puberty Development .62** .02 .08 .32** −.03 .03 .15** −.01 .01
 3 T1: Racial Discrimination −.06 .05 .25** −.04 .06 .08* .02 −.07 .28**
 4 T2: Racial Discrimination .03 .16** .32** −.03 −.03 .11* −.01 −.05 .21**
 5 Age (years) .23** .27** .03 −.04 .05 −.01 .08* .04 −.08*
 6 Family Material Hardship .05 .06 .08 .04 .01 .26** .07 −.11** .12**
 7 BMI −.04 .04 .05 .18** −.01 .20** .02 −.12** .14**
 8 Cohabiting Parents/Guardians (yes/no) .19** .17** .01 .05 .12** .04 −.09* −.07 .10*
 9 Externalizing Problems .05 .02 .04 −.01 .09* −.11** −.05 .02 −.12**
10 Stressful Life Events .06 .11* .16** .18** .03 .13** .09* .05 −.06

Note. T1 = Time 1; T2 = Time 2; *p <.05; **p<.01; Boys are below the diagonal; Girls are above the diagonal