Associations Among Aspects of Interpersonal Power and Relationship Functioning in Adolescent Romantic Couples

Bentley, C. G.; Galliher, Renee Vickerman; Ferguson, Tamara J.

doi:10.1007/s11199-007-9280-7

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“…This is in line with findings reported by Galliher et al (1999) showing adolescent romantic relationships to be egalitarian when both partners contribute equal emotional resources and share power while interacting. However, in a recent study, adolescent girls were found to report lower levels of decision making authority, more perceptions of humiliating behavior by their partner, and described themselves as giving in to their partners (Bentley et al 2007). The sense of power adolescent girls experience and have in their romantic relationship needs to be further examined in future studies.…”

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Romantic Contexts, Sexual Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Males and Females

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In order to examine the association between sexual behavior and depressive affect among adolescents, 122 and 219 Israeli adolescents, in two separate studies, reported their romantic and sexual history, the quality of their relationships and level of depressive symptoms. Findings show that a higher level of sexual activity in short-term romantic relationships, which were low in intimacy and authenticity, was related to increased levels of depressive symptoms among females but not among males. In contrast, involvement in stable romantic relationships was not associated with increased depressive affect for either gender. Findings from a 3 month follow-up suggested that it may be that an increased level of depressive symptoms leads adolescent females to become more sexually involved in short romantic encounters.

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Romantic Contexts, Sexual Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Males and Females

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“…Men generally had more influence in sexual negotiations than women overall, but more traditional couples were less sexually self-disclosing, less communicative, and less effective at sexual negotiations than less traditional couples. Bentley et al (2007) also found that adolescent boys had more authority to make decisions than girls in their dating relationships and that those with more power were more sexually aggressive.…”

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“…Publications on heterosexual dating in Sex Roles over the last 10 years have included articles on dating behaviors, attitudes, and outcomes among and between particular social group members (e.g., Bentley et al 2007); dating scripts, including first-date scripts, rape scripts, and hookup scripts (e.g., Morr Serewicz and Gale 2008); media influences on dating (e.g., Zurbriggen and Morgan 2006), and dating violence and coercion (e.g., Maurer and Robinson 2008).…”

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Has Dating Become More Egalitarian? A 35 Year Review Using Sex Roles

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In this selective review, we examined research on heterosexual dating published in Sex Roles since its inception to determine if dating practices have become more egalitarian over the past 35 years. An analysis of current best-selling dating advice books suggests that gender roles continue to be institutionalized in cultural scripts. A sexual scripts framework was used to categorize research findings to determine if the empirical evidence confirmed the durability of gender roles over time or revealed that dating has become less gendertyped. Research in Sex Roles suggests that heterosexual dating among young adults in the U. S. remains highly gender-typed in terms of cultural scripts (e.g., beliefs, ideals, and expectations), as well as interpersonal scripts (e.g., actual interpersonal emotions, interpersonal behaviors, or behaviors aimed at achieving or signaling a partner). Some variability was observed in interpersonal scripts in terms of occasional initiation of dates by women, for instance, but was not sufficiently widely used to challenge the dominant script. Functional reasons for the persistence of gender stereotypes in dating are presented. In addition, a friendship script is proposed as an alternative, egalitarian model of dating that might fulfill the same functions.

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“…The humiliating experience is one of being shamed, denigrated, or debased by another for reasons of the other's pleasure or desire to exert social power (Gilbert, 1998;Miller, 1996). In both the adolescent and adult literature, these relationship experiences have been linked to other negative outcomes, such as dating aggression and victimization (e.g., Bentley, Galliher, & Ferguson, 2007;Linder, Crick, & Collins, 2002).…”

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Convergence and divergence among multiple methods for assessing adolescent romantic relationships

Galliher

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Wright

2008

Journal of Adolescence

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The problem solving conversations of 92 adolescent romantic couples were analyzed using two innovative techniques for capturing the meaning-making processes in couples' interactions. Couples were coded using the narrative coding system developed by the Family Narrative Consortium (Fiese & Sameroff, 1999), yielding measures of narrative coherence for each couple member and an assessment of couples' capacity to engage in the interaction in a coordinated and mutually respectful manner. In addition, a video-recall procedure captured couple members' own subjective understanding of their own and their partners' behaviors during the interaction. Moderate associations were observed between trained coders', boyfriends', and girlfriends' perspectives, with more consistent links in some domains between girlfriends' ratings and observers' codes. In addition, indices of the quality of the interaction were linked to couple member global self reports of both positive and negative relationship quality, with many associations between observed interaction and global self reports of relationships quality achieving moderate effect sizes.Researchers from varying methodological traditions have devoted much effort over the past decade to improving understanding of developmental processes, significance, and functioning in adolescent romantic relationships (e.g., Florsheim, 2003;. Many prominent adolescent romantic relationship researchers have roots in the study of family and peer relationships (Laursen & Collins, 2004;Powers & Welsh, 1999;Rosén, Furman, & Hartup, 1988;Shulman, & Ben-Artzi, 2003;Welsh, Galliher, & Powers, 1998), and have adapted both theory and methods for the purpose of understanding the development and salience of romantic relationships during adolescence. A rich history of the use of observational methodologies to understand relationship processes in the family, peer, and marital literatures has served as a foundation for much of the developing body of knowledge regarding adolescent romance (e.g., Aspland & Gardner, 2003;Gottman, Swanson, & Swanson, 2002;Goudena & Vermande, 2002;Noller & Feeney, 2002;Patterson, Dishion, & Bank, 1984). Observational procedures have generated a wealth of information about behaviors, and patterns of behavior, associated with optimal individual and relationship functioning, both concurrently and over time.Address correspondence to Renee V. Galliher, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, Utah State University, 2810 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author...

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Associations Among Aspects of Interpersonal Power and Relationship Functioning in Adolescent Romantic Couples

Cited by 76 publications

References 61 publications

Romantic Contexts, Sexual Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Males and Females

Romantic Contexts, Sexual Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Males and Females

Has Dating Become More Egalitarian? A 35 Year Review Using Sex Roles

Convergence and divergence among multiple methods for assessing adolescent romantic relationships

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