RESUMEN
This interview-based study compares the opposite-sex relationships of 50 girls, aged 15-16, identified as being at risk for difficulties in early adult partnerships, with 50 girls of the same age from an inner-city school. The high-risk girls had begun solo-dating earlier than the school girls, were more likely to have had a sexual relationship, to have had more sexual partners, to have been pregnant, and to have had a child. A third of the girls in both groups were solo-dating at the time of the interview. In contrast to the school girls, the high-risk girls attached a prominence and permanence to their current dating relationships, which already bore the hallmarks of later unsupportive partnerships.
Asunto(s)
Conducta del Adolescente , Cortejo , Relaciones Interpersonales , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Grupo Paritario , Embarazo , Embarazo en Adolescencia , Factores de Riesgo , Factores Sexuales , Parejas Sexuales , Predominio Social , Apoyo Social , Servicio Social/estadística & datos numéricos , Estudiantes , Población UrbanaRESUMEN
This interview-based study compares the friendships of 50 girls, aged 15-16, identified on the basis of their childhood experiences as being at-risk for difficulties in early adult partnerships, with the friendships of 50 girls of the same age from an inner-city school. Key differences in the features of both romantic and non-romantic adolescent friendships between the two groups of girls give a clearer understanding of the processes linking childhood adversity and poor adult outcome.
