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Contemporary Adolescence

Contemporary Adolescence. Love and Sexuality. Love relationship sequence. Same-gender groups go to places in hopes to find opposite-gender groups Social gatherings arranged by adults Mixed gender groups arrange to go to some particular event Couples begin to date as pairs.

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Contemporary Adolescence

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  1. Contemporary Adolescence Love and Sexuality

  2. Love relationship sequence • Same-gender groups go to places in hopes to find opposite-gender groups • Social gatherings arranged by adults • Mixed gender groups arrange to go to some particular event • Couples begin to date as pairs

  3. Why adolescents form love relationships • Recreation • Learning • Status • Companionship • Intimacy • Courtship • 6th and 11th graders do it for recreation, intimacy, and status • By college, it is for intimacy, companionship, and recreation

  4. Developmental model of love • Initiation phase • Status phase • Affection phase • Bonding phase

  5. Breaking up • Implications of egocentrism

  6. Reasons for Breaking Up • Referring to self • I desired to be independent • I became bored with the relationship • Referring to the partner • My partner desired to be independent • My partner became bored with the relationship • My partner became interested in someone else • Referring to couple interaction • We had different interests • We had communication problems • We had conflicting sexual attitudes and/or problems • We had confliction marriage ideas • We had different backgrounds

  7. Dating and emotions • Study of 9th – 12th graders, what percent of strong emotion comes from real and fantasized relationships: • Girls: 33% heterosexual • Boys: 25% heterosexual • 42% of these were negative emotions

  8. Dating and emotions • In a study of 200 10th graders: • More romantic experience = higher levels of social acceptance, friendship competence, and romantic competence; BUT higher level of substance use, delinquency, sexual behavior • Another study found that for girls, more romantic experiences = depressive symptoms and emotionally unavailable parents • At an early age, romantic relationships can be particularly problematic

  9. Average age of sexual behaviors

  10. Characteristics of sexually active adolescents • By grades 9-12, about half of American adolescents have not had sexual intercourse • Adolescents who remain virgins through high school are more likely: to have developed later, have higher levels of academic performance and aspirations, to be politically conservative and participate in religious activities • Early adolescents who are sexually active are: • More likely to use drugs and alcohol, more likely to come from single-parent homes and live in poverty • Most studies show no difference in parental monitoring between being sexually active or not • There are differences based on ethnicity

  11. Same-Sex Attraction

  12. Coming out • Awareness of GLB identity usually begins in early adolescence • Disclosure usually happens in late adolescence or early adulthood • Average age in 1970’s: 21; average age today: 16 • First disclosure is usually to a friend • For many, the coming-out process is never complete

  13. Coming out • About 1/3 GLB adolescents have attempted suicide • Rates of substance abuse, school difficulties, and running away are also higher in GLB adolescents • Increased risk of harassment from peers • It is becoming more and more accepted among adolescents, but homophobia is still pervasive

  14. Sex Education (Pearson) • Motivation for appropriate relationships • Learning about healthy relationships • Engaging young people in sexual meaning (not just health—intimacy) • Place child (or potential child) at center stage

  15. Intimacy—types • Sexual • Emotional • Intellectual • Aesthetic • Creative • Recreational • Work • Crisis • Commitment • Spiritual

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