The Complexities of Adolescent Dating and Sexual Relationships: Fluidity, Meaning(s), and Implications for Young Adults' Well-Being

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2014, Issue 144, 2014, Pages 53-69

  Manning, Wendy D ^a   Longmore, Monica A ^a   Copp, Jennifer ^a   Giordano, Peggy C ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902983102     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cad.20060     Document Type: Article

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