Romantic Relationships among Adolescents

Romantic Relationships among Adolescents
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Romantic Relationships among Adolescents
A romantic relationship is one of the critical life aspects among adolescents. Notably, adolescence and emerging adulthood are stages in, which romantic relationships play a fundamental role in development. However, such relationships can be a source of enhanced wellbeing or adverse outcomes. During adolescence, romance is based on the increased likelihood of cohabitation and marriage. Therefore, most adolescents are likely to value romantic relationships. Based on an evolutionary point of view, emerging adulthood and adolescence are vital in expediting romantic relationships. Unlike other relationships such as friendship, romantic relationships have specific expressions of affection and initiation of erotic social encounters. Romantic relationships are frequent during the adolescent stage, resulting in positive outcomes, such as enhanced well-being, higher self-esteem, and adulthood development.
According to research findings, most boys and girls are involved in at least one romantic relationship by middle adolescence stage. As they approach adulthood, they devote more time to their romantic partners as they are less involved in schooling. In most instances, young adults use romantic relationships in search of intimacy, emotional security, company, and love feelings until they decide to proceed to a long-term commitment, such as marriage (Birnbaum & Reis, 2019). According to developmental task theorists, any form of romantic involvement is a developmental task that is likely to become a salient during later stage of adulthood. Romantic experiences play a critical role in facilitating identity development, close relationships with peers, career planning, and sexuality development. Therefore, romantic relationships play such a significant role in people’s lives, especially among adolescents.
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Romantic relationships and experiences are imperative sources of emotional bonding that facilitate the development of social integration among young adults. A successful establishment and maintenance of romantic relationships among the group can have impacts in later stages of life. For instance, the relationship is likely to enhance people’s physical and mental health. Therefore, a romantic relationship makes a significant contribution to an individual’s overall wellbeing. From such a perspective, adolescents ought to recognize romantic relationships as constitutes of a substantial transformation of attachment bonds. According to Gomez-Lopez et al. (2019), the history of shared experiences, attachment sense, and beliefs from romantic experiences are factors that modulate partners’ wellbeing. Love is a significant aspect of personal happiness that has a close connection to life satisfaction, safety, self-esteem, and relational goals. However, romantic relationships can result in adverse outcomes, such as depression, delinquency, or even poor psychosocial functioning.
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