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Directly observed interaction within adolescent romantic relationships: What have we learned?

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Review and conceptual analysis of the papers in this special issue calls attention to several important methodological and conceptual issues surrounding the direct observation of adolescent romantic couples. It also provides an important new foundation of knowledge about the nature of adolescents' romantic relationships. Connections with previous family relationships, new understandings of the distinctive nature of adolescent romantic relationships, and gender issues are clarified by this body of papers. Together, these papers move the scholarly field forward and generate new lines of questions for future investigators.

Source: Journal of Adolescence

DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.001

Authors: Deborah P. Welsh, Shmuel Shulman

Institutions: University of Tennessee System, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Bar-Ilan University

Language: English

Topic: Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Award: DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS