ISBN:
9780805853902
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Series Statement:
Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood : Risks and Opportunities
DDC:
306.70835
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this volume, Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities, top scholars in the field of family research examine the nature and origin of adolescents' contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, spanning such diverse topics as the evolutionary roots of these behaviors, as well as policies and programs that represent best practices for addressing these issues in schools and communities. The text offers interdisciplinary expertise from scholars of psychology, social work, sociology, demography, economics, human development and family studies, a
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I What Are the Evolutionary Origins of Contemporary Patterns of Sexual and Romantic Relationships? Where Does Evolution Leave Off and Where Do History and Culture Begin?; 1 BROKEN HEARTS: THE NATURE AND RISKS OF ROMANTIC REJECTION; 2 TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST: ADOLESCENT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND REJECTION; 3 SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATING STRATEGIES: ADDITIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; 4 WHAT ELICITS ROMANCE, PASSION, AND ATTACHMENT, AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT OUR LIVES THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE?
Description / Table of Contents:
II How Do Early Family and Peer Relationships Give Rise to the Quality of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence and Young Adulthood?5 "THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE(S)...": ORIGINS AND PATHWAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; 6 ROMANCE AND SEX IN ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD; 7 HOW DO ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIPS INFLUENCE THE QUALITY OF ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD?; 8 PATHWAYS LINKING EARLY EXPERIENCES AND LATER RELATIONSHIP FUNCTIONING; 9 A FEW "COURSE CORRECTIONS" TO COLLINS AND VAN DULMEN'S "THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE"
Description / Table of Contents:
III How Do Early Romantic and Sexual Relationships Influence People Contemporaneously and Later in Life?10 ADOLESCENT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: AN EMERGING PORTRAIT OF THEIR NATURE AND DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; 11 CONTEXTUAL PROCESSES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR GENDER AND RACE EFFECTS; 12 RISKY AND CASUAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TEENS; 13 THE SLIPPERY NATURE OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: ISSUES IN DEFINITION AND DIFFERENTIATION
Description / Table of Contents:
IV To What Extent Are Current Trends in Sexual and Romantic Relationships Problematic for Individuals, Families, and Society? What Are Effective Intervention Approaches at the Level of Practice, Program, and Policy?14 ADOLESCENT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, CONTRACEPTIVE CONSISTENCY, AND PREGNANCY PREVENTION APPROACHES; 15 THE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO MODELING ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: EMPIRICAL IMPLICATIONS; 16 ADOLESCENT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; 17 SAMPLE SELECTION FOR ADOLESCENT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
Description / Table of Contents:
18 FROM "FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS" TO "GOING STEADY": NEW DIRECTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING ROMANCE AND SEX IN ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ADULTHOODAuthor Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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