Relationship Pathways : From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

by Brett Laursen

• ISBN13: 9781412987394
• ISBN10: 1412987393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-04
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This book is designed to guide students through the latest developments of theory and research on relationships from adolescence to young adulthood. Unique to this text is a focus on relationship change across middle childhood into adolescence and across late adolescence into early adulthood. Experts on adolescent relationships from across the globe summarize the current state of literature on family and peer relationships, as well as the environmental and genetic factors that influence them. Students will benefit from the comprehensive, rigorous, yet accessible overview of key content; such as what defines the relationship processes, what describes the individual and contextual factors that influence relationships, family relationships, sibling relationships, and parent-child relationships during the transition into adolescence and into young adulthood.

Table of Contents

Family Relationships

Transformations in Close Relationship Networks: Parent-Child Relationships and their Social Extensions

Transformations in Parent-Child Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood

Transformation in Sibling Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood

Friendships and Friend Networks

Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence

Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood

Adolescent Friendship Bonds in Cultures of Connectedness

Transformations in Adolescent Peer Networks

Romantic Relationships

Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence

Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood: "Meet Me at the Bleachers. I Mean the Bar"

The Development of Same-Sex Intimate Relationships during Adolescence

Developmental Pathways and Processes

Gene-Environment Interplay in Adolescent Relationships

Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes in the Development of Adolescent Relationships

The Role of Gender in Transformations in Adolescent Relationships

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