CHAPTER 3. Developing Close Relationships: Making Life Style Choices

CHAPTER LINKS

Cohabitation: http://www.hometown.aol.com/cohabiting

Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/ssss

Information on adolescent sexuality and contraception: http://www.childtrends.org

Information on dating violence: http://.www.unh.edu/frl/unpubpap.htm

CURRENT RESEARCH ARTICLES AND BOOKS

Attraction

Berscheid, E. & Reis, H. T. (1998). Attraction and close relationships. In D. T. Gilbert, S. T. Fiske, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Volume two, The Handbook of Social Psychology (4th Edition), pp. 193-281. Boston, MA: the McGraw-Hill Company.

Dating and Sexual Behavior

Levesque, L. M., & Caron, S. L. (2004). Dating preferences of women born between 1945 and 1960. Journal of Family Issues, 25: 833-846.

Longmore, M. A., Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., & Rudolph, J. L. (2004). Self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and adolescents' sexual onset. Social Psychology Quarterly, 67: 279-295.

Browning, C. B., & Olinger-Wilbon, M. (2003). Neighborhood structure, social organization, and number of short-term sexual partnerships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65: 730-745.

Cohabitation

Kurdek, L. A. (2004). Are gay and lesbian cohabiting couples really different from heterosexual married couples? Journal of Marriage and Family, 66: 880-900.

Sassler, S. (2004). The process of entering into cohabiting unions. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66: 491-505.

Seltzer, J. A. (2004). Cohabitation in the United States and Britain: Demography, kinship, and the future. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66: 921-928.