Relationship Pathways

From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Brett P. Laursen
W. Andrew Collins
Relationship Pathways
October 2011 | 360 pages | Sage US
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This book is designed to guide students through the latest developments of theory and research on relationships from adolescence to young adulthood. Unique to this text is a focus on relationship change across middle childhood into adolescence and across late adolescence into early adulthood. Experts on adolescent relationships from across the globe summarize the current state of literature on family and peer relationships, as well as the environmental and genetic factors that influence them. Students will benefit from the comprehensive, rigorous, yet accessible overview of key content; such as what defines the relationship processes, what describes the individual and contextual factors that influence relationships, family relationships, sibling relationships, and parent-child relationships during the transition into adolescence and into young adulthood.

Contents

Part 1. Family Relationships

  • Chapter 1. Transformations in Close Relationship Networks: Parent-Child Relationships and their Social Extensions
  • Chapter 2. Transformations in Parent-Child Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood
  • Chapter 3. Transformation in Sibling Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood

Part 2. Friendships and Friend Networks

  • Chapter 4. Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Chapter 5. Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood
  • Chapter 6. Adolescent Friendship Bonds in Cultures of Connectedness
  • Chapter 7. Transformations in Adolescent Peer Networks

Part 3. Romantic Relationships

  • Chapter 8. Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Chapter 9. Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood: "Meet Me at the Bleachers. I Mean the Bar"
  • Chapter 10. The Development of Same-Sex Intimate Relationships during Adolescence

Part 4. Developmental Pathways and Processes

  • Chapter 11. Gene-Environment Interplay in Adolescent Relationships
  • Chapter 12. Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes in the Development of Adolescent Relationships
  • Chapter 13. The Role of Gender in Transformations in Adolescent Relationships

Description

This book is designed to guide students through the latest developments of theory and research on relationships from adolescence to young adulthood. Unique to this text is a focus on relationship change across middle childhood into adolescence and across late adolescence into early adulthood. Experts on adolescent relationships from across the globe summarize the current state of literature on family and peer relationships, as well as the environmental and genetic factors that influence them. Students will benefit from the comprehensive, rigorous, yet accessible overview of key content; such as what defines the relationship processes, what describes the individual and contextual factors that influence relationships, family relationships, sibling relationships, and parent-child relationships during the transition into adolescence and into young adulthood.

Contents

Part 1. Family Relationships

  • Chapter 1. Transformations in Close Relationship Networks: Parent-Child Relationships and their Social Extensions
  • Chapter 2. Transformations in Parent-Child Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood
  • Chapter 3. Transformation in Sibling Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood

Part 2. Friendships and Friend Networks

  • Chapter 4. Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Chapter 5. Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood
  • Chapter 6. Adolescent Friendship Bonds in Cultures of Connectedness
  • Chapter 7. Transformations in Adolescent Peer Networks

Part 3. Romantic Relationships

  • Chapter 8. Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Chapter 9. Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood: "Meet Me at the Bleachers. I Mean the Bar"
  • Chapter 10. The Development of Same-Sex Intimate Relationships during Adolescence

Part 4. Developmental Pathways and Processes

  • Chapter 11. Gene-Environment Interplay in Adolescent Relationships
  • Chapter 12. Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes in the Development of Adolescent Relationships
  • Chapter 13. The Role of Gender in Transformations in Adolescent Relationships
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Relationship Pathways

From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Brett P. Laursen , W. Andrew Collins
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October 2011 | 360 pages | Sage US

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This book is designed to guide students through the latest developments of theory and research on relationships from adolescence to young adulthood. Unique to this text is a focus on relationship change across middle childhood into adolescence and across late adolescence into early adulthood. Experts on adolescent relationships from across the globe summarize the current state of literature on family and peer relationships, as well as the environmental and genetic factors that influence them. Students will benefit from the comprehensive, rigorous, yet accessible overview of key content; such as what defines the relationship processes, what describes the individual and contextual factors that influence relationships, family relationships, sibling relationships, and parent-child relationships during the transition into adolescence and into young adulthood.


Table Of Contents:

  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Transformations in Gender Roles and Close Relationships
  • Relationships in Diverse Contexts
  • Gene-Environment Interplay in Close Relationships
  • Transformations in Parent-Child Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Transformations in Parent-Child Relationships Across the Transition into Young Adulthood
  • Transformations in Sibling Relationships
  • Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Young Adulthood
  • Transformations in Peer Networks
  • Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Young Adulthood
  • The Development of Same-Sex Intimate Relationships
  • Part 1. Family Relationships
  • Chapter 1. Transformations in Close Relationship Networks: Parent-Child Relationships and their Social Extensions
  • Chapter 2. Transformations in Parent-Child Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood
  • Chapter 3. Transformation in Sibling Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood
  • Part 2. Friendships and Friend Networks
  • Chapter 4. Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Chapter 5. Transformations in Friend Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood
  • Chapter 6. Adolescent Friendship Bonds in Cultures of Connectedness
  • Chapter 7. Transformations in Adolescent Peer Networks
  • Part 3. Romantic Relationships
  • Chapter 8. Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adolescence
  • Chapter 9. Transformations in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across the Transition into Adulthood: "Meet Me at the Bleachers. I Mean the Bar"
  • Chapter 10. The Development of Same-Sex Intimate Relationships during Adolescence
  • Part 4. Developmental Pathways and Processes
  • Chapter 11. Gene-Environment Interplay in Adolescent Relationships
  • Chapter 12. Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes in the Development of Adolescent Relationships
  • Chapter 13. The Role of Gender in Transformations in Adolescent Relationships

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“Close relationships with kin and non-kin are a crucial factor of development in adolescence and young adulthood. Yet, there have been few efforts to integrate research about these relationships across these two developmental periods. This volume contains chapters by well-known scholars in the field, addressing both the dynamics of close relationships and the impact on individual adjustment and behavior. Insights from these authors will help to guide future longitudinal studies of close relationships.”
B. Bradford Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“It is a book that I would recommend to our library and to my graduate students, as well as buying for my own shelf. It is centrally relevant to my own research and those of my graduate students. The editors command the utmost respect among their peers in the scholarly community, and this book will be of the highest caliber in promoting advances in scholarly and applied thinking.”
Anna Beth Doyle, Concordia University

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