Intimate Relationships among Adolescent Romantic Partners and Same-Sex Friends: Individual and Systemic Perspectives.

Shulman, Shmuel; Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Kedem, Peri; Alon, Eiton

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ERIC Number: EJ558607

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Publication Date: 1997

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Intimate Relationships among Adolescent Romantic Partners and Same-Sex Friends: Individual and Systemic Perspectives.

Shulman, Shmuel; Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Kedem, Peri; Alon, Eiton

New Directions for Child Development, n78 p37-51 Win 1997

Examined adolescent intimacy in close friendships and romantic relationships from a systemic perspective. Found qualitative sex-related differences in how partners balance closeness and individuality in the two types of close friendships. Development of an intimate romantic relationship was also found to require greater commitment for males than for females. (JPB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Dating (Social), Friendship, Interpersonal Attraction, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Love, Peer Relationship, Sex Differences, Systems Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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