Masculinity in Adolescent Males’ Early Romantic and Sexual Heterosexual Relationships

dc.contributor.authorBell, David L.
dc.contributor.authorRosenberger, Joshua G.
dc.contributor.authorOtt, Mary A.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T20:35:25Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T20:35:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.description.abstractThere is a need to understand better the complex interrelationship between the adoption of masculinity during adolescence and the development of early romantic and sexual relationships. The purpose of this study was to describe features of adolescent masculinity and how it is expressed in the contexts of early to middle adolescent males’ romantic and sexual relationships. Thirty-three 14- to 16-year-old males were recruited from an adolescent clinic serving a community with high sexually transmitted infection rates and were asked open-ended questions about their relationships—how they developed, progressed, and ended. Participants described a high degree of relationally oriented beliefs and behaviors related to romantic and sexual relationships, such as a desire for intimacy and trust. The males also described a more limited degree of conventionally masculine beliefs and behaviors. These beliefs and behaviors often coexisted or overlapped. Implications for the clinical care of similar groups of adolescents are described.en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationBell, D. L., Rosenberger, J. G., & Ott, M. A. (2015). Masculinity in adolescent males’ early romantic and sexual heterosexual relationships. American Journal of Men’s Health, 9(3), 201–208. http://doi.org/10.1177/1557988314535623en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/8066
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1177/1557988314535623en_US
dc.relation.journalAmerican Journal of Men’s Healthen_US
dc.rightsIUPUI Open Access Policyen_US
dc.sourceAuthoren_US
dc.subjectadolescent malesen_US
dc.subjectrelationshipsen_US
dc.subjectmasculinityen_US
dc.titleMasculinity in Adolescent Males’ Early Romantic and Sexual Heterosexual Relationshipsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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