Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature
Romantic relationships are a central aspect of the life of adolescents and have an important influence on the socio-affective and sexual development. This paper presents a review of the scientific literature on romantic relationships during adolescence and aims to unravel the ongoing debate in the l...
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| description | Romantic relationships are a central aspect of the life of adolescents and have an important influence on the socio-affective and sexual development. This paper presents a review of the scientific literature on romantic relationships during adolescence and aims to unravel the ongoing debate in the literature and to identify possible gaps. The review encompasses the analysis of 36 studies on romantic relationships in adolescence, all published in peer-reviewed English scientific journals. The analysis of the published data was guided by five central characteristics of romantic relationships of adolescents: i.e., involvement, partner selection, content, quality, and emotions and cognitions emerging from the relationship. It was found that although during the last decade a growing interest of scholars in the study of romantic relationships in adolescents emerged, providing a certain body of knowledge on the topic in general, there are still gaps in the understanding of adolescents’ romantic relationships in different socio-cultural contexts. Limitations of the reviewed studies in terms of agreement on definitions, inconsistencies in sample population, research design and methodological approach are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2dd5c63d14041c5a6c470503141fecf2022-12-22T02:44:28ZengUniversidad de CuencaMaskana1390-61432477-88932013-12-0142213410.18537/mskn.04.02.02417Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literatureElena Jerves0Peter Rober1Paul Enzlin2Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Filosofía, Departamento de Educación, Cuenca, Ecuador.Universidad de Cuenca, Proyecto HumSex, Cuenca, Ecuador.Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.Context - Center for Couple, Family and Sex Therapy, UPC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.Context - Center for Couple, Family and Sex Therapy, UPC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.Romantic relationships are a central aspect of the life of adolescents and have an important influence on the socio-affective and sexual development. This paper presents a review of the scientific literature on romantic relationships during adolescence and aims to unravel the ongoing debate in the literature and to identify possible gaps. The review encompasses the analysis of 36 studies on romantic relationships in adolescence, all published in peer-reviewed English scientific journals. The analysis of the published data was guided by five central characteristics of romantic relationships of adolescents: i.e., involvement, partner selection, content, quality, and emotions and cognitions emerging from the relationship. It was found that although during the last decade a growing interest of scholars in the study of romantic relationships in adolescents emerged, providing a certain body of knowledge on the topic in general, there are still gaps in the understanding of adolescents’ romantic relationships in different socio-cultural contexts. Limitations of the reviewed studies in terms of agreement on definitions, inconsistencies in sample population, research design and methodological approach are discussed.https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/maskana/article/view/417romantic relationshipsadolescencedatingsocio-affective developmentliterature review |
| spellingShingle | Elena Jerves Peter Rober Paul Enzlin Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature Maskana romantic relationships adolescence dating socio-affective development literature review |
| title | Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature |
| title_full | Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature |
| title_short | Characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence: A review of Anglo-western literature |
| title_sort | characteristics of romantic relationships during adolescence a review of anglo western literature |
| topic | romantic relationships adolescence dating socio-affective development literature review |
| url | https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/maskana/article/view/417 |
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