TY - JOUR
T1 - Directly observed interaction within adolescent romantic relationships
T2 - What have we learned?
AU - Welsh, Deborah P.
AU - Shulman, Shmuel
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Review and conceptual analysis of the papers in this special issue calls attention to several important methodological and conceptual issues surrounding the direct observation of adolescent romantic couples. It also provides an important new foundation of knowledge about the nature of adolescents' romantic relationships. Connections with previous family relationships, new understandings of the distinctive nature of adolescent romantic relationships, and gender issues are clarified by this body of papers. Together, these papers move the scholarly field forward and generate new lines of questions for future investigators.
AB - Review and conceptual analysis of the papers in this special issue calls attention to several important methodological and conceptual issues surrounding the direct observation of adolescent romantic couples. It also provides an important new foundation of knowledge about the nature of adolescents' romantic relationships. Connections with previous family relationships, new understandings of the distinctive nature of adolescent romantic relationships, and gender issues are clarified by this body of papers. Together, these papers move the scholarly field forward and generate new lines of questions for future investigators.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.001
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C2 - 18986697
AN - SCOPUS:56449097144
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 31
SP - 877
EP - 891
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 6
ER -
