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De Goede, Irene H. A.; Branje, Susan; van Duin, Jet; VanderValk, Inge E.; Meeus, Wim – Social Development, 2012
This five-wave longitudinal study examines linkages between adolescents' perceptions of romantic relationship commitment and the development of adolescents' perceptions of commitment to parents and friends. A total of 218 early-to-middle adolescents (39.0 percent boys) and 185 middle-to-late adolescents (30.8 percent boys) participated.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Males, Gender Differences
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McDonald, Kristina L.; Asher, Steven R. – Social Development, 2013
Residential college environments provide young people with distinctive relationship opportunities and challenges. A major purpose of the present study was to learn whether college students respond differently to conflict-of-interest vignettes in three different relationship contexts. Students were more likely to make negative interpretations about…
Descriptors: College Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship, Correlation
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Leung, Cynthia; Moore, Susan; Karnilowicz, Wally; Lung, C. L. – Social Development, 2011
This study examined the association between relationship styles, coping strategies, and psychological distress among 144 Anglo-Australian and 250 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduate students. The results indicated that relationship styles (secure, clingy, and fickle) influenced psychological distress through their association with coping strategies…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Young Adults, Adolescents, Coping
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Slominski, Lisa; Sameroff, Arnold; Rosenblum, Katherine; Kasser, Tim – Social Development, 2011
Longitudinal pathways between maternal mental health in infancy and offspring romantic relationship outcomes in adulthood were examined using a 30-year prospective longitudinal study of 196 mothers and their children. Structural equation modeling revealed that maternal mental health at 30 months was related to offspring relationship status and…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Structural Equation Models, Mental Health, Infants