TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of romantic relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood
T2 - Implications for community mental health
AU - Connolly, Jennifer
AU - McIsaac, Caroline
AU - Shulman, Shmuel
AU - Wincentak, Katherine
AU - Joly, Lauren
AU - Heifetz, Marina
AU - Bravo, Valeriya
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Romantic relationships emerge in the early adolescent years and mature over the course of adolescence from initial cross-gender affiliations to dyadic partnerships. Adolescents' romantic relationships are important because they contribute to relational development and foretell the quality of intimate relationships in adulthood. This paper summarizes current research findings on the development of romantic relationships, focusing first on the normative stages of mainstream youth and subsequently on atypical patterns of troubled youth. Peer and family influences on romantic development are considered as well as ethnocultural variation. The paper concludes with several policy implications for community mental health.
AB - Romantic relationships emerge in the early adolescent years and mature over the course of adolescence from initial cross-gender affiliations to dyadic partnerships. Adolescents' romantic relationships are important because they contribute to relational development and foretell the quality of intimate relationships in adulthood. This paper summarizes current research findings on the development of romantic relationships, focusing first on the normative stages of mainstream youth and subsequently on atypical patterns of troubled youth. Peer and family influences on romantic development are considered as well as ethnocultural variation. The paper concludes with several policy implications for community mental health.
KW - Adolescent development
KW - Atypical development
KW - Childhood development
KW - Community mental health
KW - Romantic relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904620105&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7870/cjcmh-2014-002
DO - 10.7870/cjcmh-2014-002
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AN - SCOPUS:84904620105
SN - 0713-3936
VL - 33
SP - 7
EP - 19
JO - Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
JF - Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
IS - 1
ER -
