Representations of romantic relationships, romantic experience, and sexual behavior in adolescence

Cultural Context , Sexual Behavior , and Romantic Relationships in

When culture is invoked to understand the consequences of growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods, the isolation of ghetto residents from mainstream institutions and mainstream culture is often emphasized. This paper attempts to reorient current theorizing about the cultural context of disadvantaged neighborhoods, particularly when it comes to adolescent decisionmaking and behavior. It argues...

The Experience and Expression of Romantic Jealousy in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Romantic Relationships

This study examines and compares how males and females in same-sex and __o^osite-sex romanjic^elationships^^perience and express^ romanHc^jealousy. Undergraduates at a large, southern university and visitors at a metropolitan Pride Celebration (N = 149) completed measures assessing cognitive and emotional jealousy experience, jealousy expression, and demographic information. The reported usage ...

Developmental Shifts in the Character of Romantic and Sexual Relationships from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Sexual Esteem in Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Sexual Behavior, Contraception Use, and Romantic Relationships.

Sexual esteem is an integral psychological aspect of sexual health (Snell & Papini, 1989 ), yet it is unclear whether sexual esteem is associated with sexual health behavior among heterosexual men and women. The current analysis used a normative framework for sexual development (Lefkowitz & Gillen, 2006 ; Tolman & McClelland, 2011 ) by examining the association of sexual esteem with sexual beha...

Assessing romantic competence in adolescence: the Romantic Competence Interview.

This article presents preliminary psychometric data on the reliability and validity of the newly developed Romantic Competence Interview (RCI). The RCI is an interviewer-assessed measure designed to assess competence among adolescents regardless of romantic relationship status. Eighty-three early adolescent girls (m age=13.45 years) recruited from local school districts were administered the RC...