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Adolescents’ Intimate Relationships

A Theoretical and Empirical Study

Author(s): Barbara Jankowiak
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: intimate relationships; adolescents; sexual development; dating violence; at-risk sexual behavior; sex education
Summary/Abstract: The book Adolescents’ Intimate Relationships. A Theoretical and Empirical Study deals with various aspects of how present-day teenagers function in love and sexual relationships. The emergence of a strong interest in potential intimate partners and a growing sexual need are extremely characteristic of adolescence and motivate teenagers to flirt, date, talk about love and sexuality with their peers, very strongly involving them behaviorally as well as emotionally and cognitively. This makes it all the more surprising that adolescent romantic relationships have so far not received as much attention from researchers as adults’ intimate relationships. Although most of the current findings indicate that adolescents' romantic relationships are important for their future lives, the importance of the issue of adolescent love has so far been recognized by book authors and film scriptwriters rather than by researchers. The present book aims to fill this gap. It consists of fourteen chapters. The first six are devoted to analysis of a theoretical and diagnostic nature. Chapters seven to fourteen provide a description of the methodological assumptions (chapter seven) and an analysis and interpretation of the research findings.

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