Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities

by Crouter; Ann C.

• ISBN13: 9780805853902
• ISBN10: 0805853901
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-27
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

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, and public policy. Adolescents and young adults today face very different choices about family formation than did their parents' generation, given such societal changes as the rise in cohabitation, the increase in divorce rates, and families having fewer children. These demographic trends are linked in important ways and provide a backdrop against which adolescents and emerging adults form and maintain romantic and sexual relationships. Editors Crouter and Booth address such questions as: *What are the ways in which early family and peer relationships give rise to romantic relationships in the late adolescent and early adult years? *How do early romantic and sexual relationships influence individuals' subsequent development and life choices, including family formation? *To what extent are current trends in romantic and sexual relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood problematic for individuals, families, and communities, and what are the most effective ways to address these issues at the level of practice, program, and policy? Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunitiesis an enlightening compilation of essays for academicians and upper-lever undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of human development and family studies, sociology, and psychology, as well as for practitioners in those fields who work with families and adolescents. The chapters are accessible to a wide variety of audiences.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part 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	(60)
1 Broken Hearts: The Nature and Risks of Romantic Rejection	3	(26)
Helen E. Fisher
2 To Have Loved and Lost...Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Rejection	29	(12)
Bonnie L. Barber
3 Short- and Long-Term Mating Strategies: Additional Evolutionary Systems Relevant to Adolescent Sexuality	41	(8)
David P. Schmitt
4 What Elicits Romance, Passion, and Attachment, and How Do They Affect Our Lives Throughout the Life Cycle?	49	(12)
Pepper Schwartz
Part II How do early family and peer relationships give rise to the quality of romantic relationships in adolescence and young adulthood?	61	(64)
5 "The Course of True Love(s)...": Origins and Pathways in the Development of Romantic Relationships	63	(24)
W. Andrew Collins and Manfred van Dulmen
6 Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood	87	(6)
Stephanie Coontz
7 How Do Adolescent Relationships Influence the Quality of Romantic and Sexual Relationships in Young Adulthood?	93	(10)
Kara Joyner and Mary Campa
8 Pathways Linking Early Experiences and Later Relationship Functioning	103	(10)
Chalandra M. Bryant
9 A Few "Course Corrections" to Collins & van Dulmen's "The Course of True Love"	113	(12)
B. Bradford Brown
Part III How do early romantic and sexual relationships influence people contemporaneously and later in life?	125	(54)
10 Adolescent Romantic Relationships: An Emerging Portrait of Their Nature and Developmental Significance	127	(24)
Peggy C. Giordano, Wendy D. Manning, and Monica A. Longmore
11 Contextual Processes of Romantic Relationships: Plausible Explanations for Gender and Race Effects	151	(10)
Velma McBride Murry, Tera R. Hurt, Steven M. Kogan, and Zupei Luo
12 Risky and Casual Sexual Relationships Among Teens	161	(10)
Anastasia R. Snyder
13 The Slippery Nature of Romantic Relationships: Issues in Definition and Differentiation	171	(8)
Wyndol Furman and Laura Shaffer Hand
Part 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?	179	(80)
14 Adolescent Sexual Relationships, Contraceptive Consistency, and Pregnancy Prevention Approaches	181	(32)
Jennifer Manlove, Kerry Franzetta, Suzanne Ryan, and Kristin Moore
15 The Economic Approach to Modeling Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Empirical Implications	213	(8)
V. Joseph Hotz
16 Adolescent Sexual Relationships and Reproductive Health Outcomes: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges	221	(12)
Dawn M. Upchurch and Yasamin Kusunoki
17 Sample Selection for Adolescent Sexual Relationships	233	(8)
Jennifer Manlove, Suzanne Ryan, and Kerry Franzetta
18 From "Friends With Benefits" to "Going Steady": New Directions in Understanding Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood	241	(18)
Marni L. Kan and Alison C. Cares
AUTHOR INDEX	259	(12)
SUBJECT INDEX	271