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23-01-2022 | Empirical Research

Adolescents’ Partner Search in the Digital Age: Correlates and Characteristics of Relationships Initiated Online

Auteurs: Marta Tienda, Rachel E. Goldberg, Jay R. Westreich

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 3/2022

Abstract

Digital technology and social media platforms have transformed the ways adolescents communicate and cultivate romantic relationships, but few studies consider whether relationships initiated online are less salutary than those formed in person. A sample of 531 adolescents (Mean age = 16.7 years, SD = 0.358; 55% female) was recruited from an ongoing birth cohort study and administered bi-weekly diaries over a year to evaluate the circumstances associated with adolescents’ romantic relationship formation and relationship quality. Two-thirds of respondents initiated one or more romantic relationships during the study, of which 15% were initiated online. Girls who did not fit in well at school and who had difficulty making friends were more likely to initiate romantic relationships online than their more sociable peers who fit in well at school; for boys, however, access to mobile devices increased the odds that romantic relationships were initiated online. The diaries captured considerable flux in the evolution of romantic relationships, but there was limited evidence that relationships initiated online involved greater risks, with the notable exception of greater age asymmetry.

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Titel: Adolescents’ Partner Search in the Digital Age: Correlates and Characteristics of Relationships Initiated Online
Auteurs: Marta Tienda
Rachel E. Goldberg
Jay R. Westreich
Publicatiedatum: 23-01-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01557-2

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