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Coyle, Karin K.; Anderson, Pamela M.; Franks, Heather M.; Glassman, Jill; Walker, James D.; Charles, Vignetta Eugenia – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Romantic relationships are central in the lives of young people. This paper uses data on romantic relationships from urban youth in the USA to illustrate how using a relationships perspective in HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention programmes broadens the skills and content covered, and contextualises the learning to enhance relevance and use.…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Prevention, Pregnancy, Intimacy
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Levy-Tossman, Inbal; Kaplan, Avi; Assor, Avi – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
This study investigated the relations between early adolescents' academic motivational orientations and an aspect of quality of friendship: intimacy. Two-hundred and three Jewish-Israeli seventh grade students responded to surveys asking them about their academic achievement goals and about characteristics of their friendships. Variable-centered…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Adolescents, Multivariate Analysis, Intimacy
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Radmacher, Kimberley; Azmitia, Margarita – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2006
Two studies addressed age- and gender-related patterns in early adolescents' and emerging adults' conceptions of intimacy in friendships. Forty-one early adolescents and 96 emerging adults in Study 1 and 174 emerging adults in Study 2 described a time when they felt especially close to a friend. Narratives were coded for intimate behaviors and…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Gender Differences, Intimacy, Friendship