"He cheated on me, I cheated on him back": Mexican American and White adolescents' perceptions of cheating in romantic relationships

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1005-1016

  Williams, Lela Rankin ^a   Hickle, Kristine E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Ethnicity; Gender; Infidelity; Qualitative; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHEATING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; JEALOUSY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; ORIENTATION; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP; SEX DIFFERENCE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052038601     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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