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Love and dating experience in early and middle adolescence: grade and gender comparisons

Montgomery, M.J.; Sorell, G.T.

Journal of Adolescence 21(6): 677-689

1998

ISSN/ISBN: 0140-1971
PMID: 9971725
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1998.0188
Document Number: 533742
The experience of being "in love" was studied in a sample of 186 early to middle adolescent males and 199 early to middle adolescent females. Results indicated that amount of dating experience of adolescents varied widely at each age. Being "in love" co-occurred with a reciprocal on-going relationship about half the time. Boys fell in love earlier and more often than girls, and both genders seemed to employ an increasingly narrow prototypical conception of being "in love". Qualitative analyses suggested that early and middle adolescents are actively reasoning about the nature and meaning of romantic feelings and experiences. Results are interpreted from the standpoint of psychosocial developmental theory, and implications for interventions with adolescents are discussed.

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