Społeczne postrzeganie związków intymnych młodzieży. Analiza narracji adolescentek i adolescentów
Social Perceptions of Adolescents’ Intimate Relationships. Analysis of Adolescents’ Narratives]

Summary/Abstract: Youth develop their competence to build intimate relationships during adolescence. The aim of thisproject is to explore what adolescents experience regarding the social perception of their intimaterelationships. The method of data collection was an individual in-depth interview and the method ofdata analysis was conventional content analysis. The group of participants in the study consisted of22 adolescents (12 girls and 10 boys), aged between 14 and 19 years, who had experienced at least oneintimate relationship during adolescence lasting at least one month. Participants could currently bein an intimate relationship or be single. Content analysis identified four main categories: 1) “It’s nota relationship, it’s just fun”; 2) “It’s not true love”; 3) “It won’t last very long”; 4) “You’ll get behind inschool because of it!”. The results confirm that teenagers face stereotypical beliefs about their relation-ships. The results indicate the need to raise public awareness of the role of intimate relationships inyoung people’s development and to support adolescents in this vital area of interpersonal functioning.

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