Romantic relationships at the beginning of emerging adulthood. Some antecedents and correlates of satisfaction with romantic partners.
Facio, Alicia¹,
Resett, Santiago²,
Micocci, Fabiana 2,
Rasch, Laura 3
Iglesia, Fabiola 4
1 Psicóloga, profesora titular de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Personalidad en la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos y entrenadora de terapeutas cognitivos en
E-Mail afacio@arnet.com.ar
² Becarios doctorales del CONICET y docentes de dicha cátedra
3 Terapeuta cognitiva, miembro de la Asociación de Terapia Cognitiva y Conductual del Litoral
4 Becaria doctoral del CONICET y docente de la Universidad Católica Argentina, sede Paraná
Resumen:
LAS RELACIONES AMOROSAS A COMIENZOS DE
Se exploró el lugar que ocupa la pareja en la red de vínculos íntimos en una muestra aleatoria de 400 jóvenes argentinos estudiados desde los 14-16 hasta los 18-21 años. A
Palabras Clave: Pareja amorosa - Relaciones íntimas - Adultez emergente
Abstract:
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AT THE BEGINNING OF EMERGING ADULTHOOD. SOME ANTECEDENTS AND CORRELATES OF SATISFACTION WITH ROMANTIC PARTNERS.
The place of romantic partners in the network of close relationships was explored in a random sample of 400 Argentinean young people followed up from 14-16 to 18-21 years old. At the beginning of emerging adulthood almost half of them had a romantic partner and among this group, boy/girl friends were rated as first providers of admiration, intimacy (tied with best friends) and love (tied with mothers) on Furman and Buhrmester’s Network of Relationships Inventory, for the first time. Bonds with family members and best friends, however, were rated higher on reliable alliance than the romantic bond. The fact that having or not a romantic partner neither improved nor worsened the quality of relationships with parents, siblings and best friends suggests that different close relationships are elements of an expanding network in which their influences are
Keywords: Romantic partners - Close relationships - Emerging adulthood -Longitudinal studies - Argentina
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