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Intimate relationships among adolescent romantic partners and same‐sex friends: Individual and systemic perspectives
Author(s) -
Shulman Shmuel,
LevyShiff Rachel,
Kedem Peri,
Alon Eitan
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219977805
Subject(s) - closeness , romance , friendship , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , interpersonal relationship , social relationship , adolescent development , psychoanalysis , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Based on a comprehensive understanding of intimacy, and emerging from a systems theory, this chapter examines adolescent intimacy in close friendships and romantic relationships. Males and females deal differently with the balancing of closeness and individuality in the two types of close friendships. In addition, development of an intimate romantic relationship requires greater commitment for males than for females.