. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2016 Mar 18;78(4):996–1012. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12293

Table 1.

Sample Waves, Attrition, and Measurement Time-Points

Stage	Wave	M age (SD)	Sample (n)	Constructs Assessed at Each Wave
Early Adolescence	1	11.6 (0.35)	315	Socioeconomic disadvantage/Family and parenting
	2	12.3 (0.32)	304
	3	13.2 (0.32)	296

Mid-adolescence	4	16.0 (0.37)	250	Racial discrimination/Anger

	5	17.0 (0.50)	244	Anger

	6	18.4 (0.47)	256	Anger

Emerging Adulthood	7	19.2 (0.64)^*	227	Multiple partners in past 3 months/High-quality romantic relationship/Infidelity to a partner
	8	20.0 (0.67)	216
	9	21.1 (0.70)	204

Sample size reduced due to budgetary constraints.