second exam based on notes Flashcards
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romantic relationships
dyads that take place in peer settings
initial romantic involvement- suleiman and deardorff, 2015
- friends serve as matchmakers/ facilitators
- implicit and explicitly pressured to engage even if unsure
- young teens agree to start and cont relationship in spite of reluctance
- difficult to end relationship b/c of partner’s well-being -> relationship becomes stressor
romantic relationships in middle school
- 30% involved
2. done to elevate status
romantic relationships in high school
- about 50% 9th gr and 70% 11th gr involved
2. time spent with romantic partner > friends and family
supportiveness of partners inc with age
- by 10th gr romantic partner 2nd best to mom
2. by college romantic partner best for males, among the most supportive for women
romantic involvement and depression (joyner and udry, 2000)
- 2 waves of data
- longitudinal 1 yr
- main findings:
a. ) boys and girls who became romantically involved b/w the interviews experienced a sig inc in depression
b. ) girls’ greater vulnerability to romantic involvement explained 2/5 of the gender gap changes in depression
although romantic relationships can be supportive
they inc risk of depression due to relationship problems or dissolution of relationship or effects more b/c of limbic system
gender differences in romantic relationships
- girls get romantically invested in romantic relationships earlier than boys b/c involved with older boys and have changes 1st
- asynchrony problem
relationship problems
- aggression in romantic relationships
(a) 10-50% of adolescents report experiencing physical aggression
(b) 25-50% report experiencing psychological aggression
summary: romantic involvement in adolescence
- inc risk of interpersonal distress due to unwanted/ hard to end or conflict relationships
- inc risk of depression (among girls) due to break-ups
- inc risk of physical and psych violence and also sexual pressure
precipitating events
unexpected/ sudden life events that change the developmental trajectory
-> change substantially
turning points in life
a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs specially one with beneficial results
UCLA quasi study on preg teens
- examined:
(a) girls who gave birth during teen yrs
(b) girls who got pregnant but miscarried - findings: it wasn’t baby that kept them from excelling at life financially
- possible confounds: PPD
sexuality
puberty
- > sexual maturity
- > one of end goals of adolescence
endogenous
internal
exogenous
external
views on teen sexuality
- sexuality: behaviors that are risky
- teens can’t handle having sex yet, therefore they should not have sex
- providing info about sex encourages teens to have sex
deficit focused approach to sex
- deficit focused: “sickness best prevented”
- sex = intercourse (PVI)
- we know more about neg consequences than about normative dev
what do we know about PVI?
- by 18/19 yrs old, 70% of adolescents have had sex
2. americans have 8x as many teen preg rate
STIs
- teens and young adults account for about 50% of annual STIs in the US
- odds of STIs 75x lower in Netherlansd
(a) condom cultures: in many European countries they’re regularly available and used
psychological effects of early sex
- selection effects: there are some kids who choose to have sex and others who choose not to
- 3rd var accounts: SES/ asynchrony/ sex and depression each linked with pubertal timing
- direcitonality effects: sex -> depression vs depression -> sex
sexual health involves…
- sex behav as expression of love
- respectful and caring relationships
- body satisfaction/ physical pleasure
views of sexuality (hetero)= gendered
- assumptions: heteronormative
2. tolman: gender complimentary norms (men preditors/ women hunted)
perceived norms and pressures
- undermine sexual health
- constrain sexual behaviors and formation of romantic relationships
- constrain development of pos sexual ID