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Romantic Relationship Patterns from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Family and Peer Experiences
Stéphanie Boisvert1, François Poulin2
1Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-Ville, Case postale 8888, Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada. boisvert.stephanie.3@courrier.uqam.ca.
Abstract:
The present study identifies and describes romantic relationship patterns from adolescence to adulthood and examines their associations with family and peer experiences in early adolescence. In a 13-year longitudinal study, 281 youth (58 % girls) identified all their romantic partners each year from the ages of 16-24. Dimensions of family relationships (family cohesion, parent-child conflict) and peer relationships (peer likeability, social withdrawal, close friendships, other-sex friendships) were assessed at age 12. Latent class analyses brought out five distinct romantic relationship patterns and significant associations were found with family and peer relationships in early adolescence. These five romantic relationship patterns appeared to follow a continuum of romantic involvement, with romantic relationship patterns situated a both ends of this continuum (later involvement pattern and intense involvement pattern) being associated with more interpersonal experiences in early adolescence.
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