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Stefan Roepke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Romantic Relationships and Relationship satisfaction among adults with asperger syndrome and high functioning autism
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2017Co-Authors: Sandra Strunz, Constanze Schermuck, Sarah Ballerstein, Christoph J Ahlers, Isabel Dziobek, Stefan RoepkeAbstract:Objective Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience difficulties in maintaining Romantic Relationships. In this study high-functioning adults with ASD were examined concerning their Romantic Relationship interest and experience. Method Participants, 31 recruited via an outpatient clinic and 198 via an online survey, were asked to answer a number of self-report questionnaires. The total sample comprised 229 high-functioning adults with ASD (40% males, average age: 35 years). Results Of the total sample, 73% indicated Romantic Relationship experience and only 7% had no desire to be in a Romantic Relationship. ASD individuals whose partner was also on the autism spectrum were significantly more satisfied with their Relationship than those with neurotypical partners. Severity of autism, schizoid symptoms, empathy skills, and need for social support were not correlated with Relationship status. Conclusion Our findings indicate that the vast majority of high-functioning adults with ASD are interested in Romantic Relationships.
Andrew W Collins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the salience of adolescent Romantic experiences for Romantic Relationship qualities in young adulthood
Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011Co-Authors: Stephanie D. Madsen, Andrew W CollinsAbstract:Conceptual links between aspects of adolescents' dating experiences (i.e., involvement and quality; ages 15–17.5) and qualities of their Romantic Relationships in young adulthood (ages 20–21) were examined in a prospective longitudinal design. Even after accounting for earlier Relationship experiences with parents and peers, aspects of adolescent dating experiences predicted Romantic Relationship qualities in young adulthood. Adolescents who dated fewer partners in mid-adolescence and who experienced a better quality dating Relationship at age 16 demonstrated Romantic partner interactions characterized by smoother Relationship process in young adulthood (e.g., negotiating conflict to mutual satisfaction, effective and timely caregiving/seeking); adolescents who dated more partners in mid-adolescence displayed greater negative affect in Romantic partner interactions in young adulthood.
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relational aggression and victimization in young adults Romantic Relationships associations with perceptions of parent peer and Romantic Relationship quality
Social Development, 2002Co-Authors: Jennifer Ruh Linder, Nicki R Crick, Andrew W CollinsAbstract:This study had three goals: (a) To investigate gender differences in relational aggression and victimization within young adults' Romantic Relationships, (b) to investigate associations between Romantic relational aggression and victimization and perceptions of Romantic Relationship quality, and (c) to explore parent and peer predictors of Romantic relational aggression and victimization. College students (70 females and 34 males) completed self-reports of Romantic relational aggression and victimization, and parent, peer, and Romantic Relationship quality. Men and women reported equal levels of Romantic relational aggression, and men reported higher levels of victimization than women. Aggression and victimization were positively correlated with negative Romantic Relationship qualities and negatively correlated with positive Relationship qualities. Regression analyses indicated that both Romantic relational victimization and Romantic relational aggression explained variance in Romantic Relationship quality. There were several significant associations between parent and peer Relationship quality and Romantic relational aggression and victimization, which suggest that poor Relationships with parents and peers may play a role in the development and maintenance of these behaviors.
Petr Macek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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is emerging adults attachment preference for the Romantic partner transferred from their attachment preferences for their mother father and friends
Emerging adulthood, 2015Co-Authors: Tomotaka Umemura, Lenka Lacinova, Petr MacekAbstract:This study examined whether emerging adults’ attachment preference for their Romantic partner is complementary to their attachment preferences for their mother, father, and friends using a cross-sectional research design. Participants were 1,021 emerging adults recruited in the Czech Republic (mean age = 21.46, SD = 1.55) who filled out questionnaires. The attachment preference for the Romantic partner correlated inversely with the attachment preference for friends but not with the preference for the mother or for the father. Our regression analyses revealed that emerging adults who were currently in a Romantic Relationship and had a longer Romantic Relationship were more likely to prefer their partner and less likely to prefer their friends. However, those emerging adults were not necessarily less likely to prefer their parents. For females, the length of Romantic Relationship was positively linked to their preferences for their mother. Hence, the results of this study accord with the claim that emerging adults’ attachment preferences are shifted to the Romantic partner only from friends and not from the parents.
Leslie D. Leve - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Number of Sexual Partners and Health-Risking Sexual Behavior: Prediction from High School Entry to High School Exit
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2011Co-Authors: Mark J. Ryzin, Amber B. Johnson, Leslie D. LeveAbstract:Precursors to adolescent health-risking sexual behavior (HRSB) were examined in a normative sample of 373 adolescents (48.0% female, n = 178). Using a variable-oriented approach, we regressed the number of sexual partners at high school exit (age 17) on parental monitoring, association with delinquent peers, Romantic Relationship status, problem behavior, physical maturity, and tobacco and alcohol use at high school entry (age 14); all emerged as significant predictors except alcohol use and physical maturity (we found sex differences in physical maturity and Romantic Relationship status, with females being more advanced in both areas). Sexual experimentation at high school entry served to partially or fully mediate the impact of these factors. A person-oriented approach, using a broader measure of HRSB, found three subgroups of adolescents: abstainers, low-risk-takers, and high-risk-takers. Results predicting membership in these groups generally followed those from the variable-oriented analysis. Implications for the prevention of HRSB and future research directions are discussed.
Phillip R Shaver - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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influence of family of origin and adult Romantic partners on Romantic attachment security
Couple and Family Psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Rachel E Dinero, Phillip R Shaver, Rand D Conger, Keith F Widaman, Dannelle LarsenrifeAbstract:According to attachment theory, attachment style derives from social experiences throughout the life span. The authors tested this expectation by examining associations between the quality of observed interaction patterns in the family of origin during adolescence and self-reported Romantic attachment style and observed Romantic Relationship behaviors in adulthood (ages 25 and 27). Family and Romantic Relationship interactions were rated by trained observers from video recordings of structured conversation tasks. Attachment style was assessed with items from D. W. Griffin and K. Bartholomew's (1994a) Relationship Scales Questionnaire. Observational ratings of warmth and sensitivity in family interactions were positively related to similar behaviors by Romantic partners and to attachment security. In addition, Romantic interactions characterized by high warmth and low hostility at age 25 predicted greater attachment security at 27, after controlling for attachment security at age 25. However, attachment security at age 25 did not predict later Romantic Relationship interactions after controlling for earlier interactions. These findings underscore the importance of close Relationships in the development of Romantic attachment security but do not indicate that attachment security predicts the quality of interactions in Romantic Relationships.
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dimensions of adult attachment affect regulation and Romantic Relationship functioning
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995Co-Authors: Kelly A Brennan, Phillip R ShaverAbstract:Recent research has suggested that adult attachment style, an orientation to Relationships thought to be determined by child-hood Relationships with parents and subsequent experiences with important attachment figures, affects the experience of Romantic love. Several hypotheses were generated regarding attachment-style differences in affect-regulation strategies (nonintimate sexual behavior, alcohol use, and eating disorders) and attachment experiences and dynamics in couples (e.g., Relationship satisfaction, partner-matching on attachment style). These hypotheses were tested using seven theoretically derived attachment scales, which reveal the specific attributes of a person's attachment style. Results indicate substantial associations between attachment dimensions and Relationship satisfaction, nonintimate sexuality, eating disorders, and motives for drinking, and replicate previous research showing nonrandom but weak pairing of attachment styles in dating couples.
