Author ORCID Identifier

Rueda - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4321-1943

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-25-2014

Publication Title

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volume

24

Issue

3

First Page

358

Last Page

376

Abstract

Dating health interventions that target the complex, multi-systemic spheres in which adolescents experience their first romantic relationships are required. This study utilizes an ecodevelopmental approach to better understand Mexican American and European American youths' perceptions of how peers, parents, school, and the media act both independently and collectively to affect their dating lives, also elucidating how such systems are at times in conflict. Seventy-five middle adolescents participated in focus groups divided by gender and ethnicity to uncover differences and similarities within and across groups. Findings underscore the importance and widespread effects of romantic relationships for adolescents' social development and the need for intervention programs that target multiple points of intervention while attending to mesosystemic conflicts across systems.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment on March 25, 2014, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2013.831013

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