Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: In middle adolescence the weekend evening emerges as an emotional high point oj the week.It becomes a period for peer group and romantic activities that are generally enjoyable, although the social scripts for Friday and Saturday night also create risk. Waiting for the Weekend: Friday and Saturday Night as the Emotional Climax of the Week Reed Larson, Maryse RichardsAdolescent daily life has a weekly cycle.One college freshman recalled that, "In high school Wednesday is, like, horrible.You've got all this stuff to do, and it's not that close to the end of the week."Another reported, "The classes were cov ering things I'd already learned.So my attention level would drop and I'd be bored."By contrast, the weekend was a reprieve from school and a time of fun and possibility.The latter student reported that planning starts early in the week: "There's always regret for what you didn't do the last weekend.You know that at least you'll do that this weekend."Parents grant more freedom during high school, and access to cars "allows you to do bigger and better things," another student said.The scenario for Friday and Saturday night, for these teens, was to be out of the house, cruising around, looking for kicks, and looking for love.Early social scientists, such as Emile Durkheim (1965) and William James (1890), observed that the clock and the calendar play a significant role in ordering social and psychological life.A social group's construction of time coordinates its collective social life; this collective ordering, in turn, gives the
Authors: Reed Larson, Maryse Richards
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2163324517