Romantic Partner Selection and Socialization during Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Simon, Valerie A.; Aikins, Julie Wargo; Prinstein, Mitchell J.
Titel	Romantic Partner Selection and Socialization during Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Child Development, 79 (2008) 6, S.1676-1692 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01218.x
Schlagwörter	Socialization; Early Adolescents; Grade 6; Grade 7; Interpersonal Relationship; Grade 8; Peer Acceptance; Depression (Psychology); Intimacy; Interpersonal Attraction; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Dating (Social); Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socialisation; Sozialisation; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Intimität; Interpersonale Anziehung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	This prospective study examined romantic partner selection and socialization among a sample of 78 young adolescents (6th-8th graders). Independent assessments of adolescent and romantic partner adjustment were collected before and after relationships initiated via peer nomination and self-report. Prior to their relationship, adolescents and partners were significantly alike on popularity, physical attraction, and depressive symptoms. Controlling for initial similarity, partners' popularity, depressive symptoms, relational aggression, and relational victimization significantly predicted changes in adolescents' functioning in these areas over time. However, the magnitude and direction of change varied according to adolescents' and partners' prerelationship functioning. In general, adolescents who dated high-functioning partners changed more than those who dated low-functioning partners, and partner characteristics predicted greater change among low- versus high-functioning adolescents. Results were consistent even when controlling for best friend characteristics. The current findings are among the first to demonstrate unique contributions of romantic partner characteristics to adolescents' psychosocial functioning. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10