Friends First? The Peer Network Origins of Adolescent Dating

The proximity of dating partners in peer friendship networks has important implications for the diffusion of health‐risk behaviors and adolescent social development. We derive two competing hypotheses for the friendship–romance association. The first predicts that daters are proximally positioned in...

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Published in:Journal of research on adolescence 2016-06, Vol.26 (2), p.257-269
Main Authors: Kreager, Derek A., Molloy, Lauren E., Moody, James, Feinberg, Mark E.
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Adolescent development
Couples
Dating
Friendship
Gender
Health
Health behavior
Health risks
Heterosexuality
Hypotheses
Risk behavior
Romantic relationships
Sexes
Social development
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Gender
Health
Health behavior
Health risks
Heterosexuality
Hypotheses
Risk behavior
Romantic relationships
Sexes
Social development
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