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Author: Shaw, Rebecca
Resulting in 1 citation.
1. Karney, Benjamin R.
Beckett, Megan K.
Collins, Rebecca L.
Shaw, Rebecca
Adolescent Romantic Relationships as Precursors of Healthy Adult Marriages A Review of Theory, Research, and Programs
Technical Report Prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 2007.
Also: http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR488.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Keyword(s): Marriage; Monitoring the Future (MTF); National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG); Transition, Adulthood; Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

Goals of the Report. To inform current efforts to strengthen the adolescent precursors of healthy marriage, the overarching goal of this report is to synthesize and evaluate the existing basic and applied literature on adolescent romantic relationships, with particular emphasis on experiences in these relationships as precursors of adult marriages. By evaluating the accumulated products of this work to date, the analyses described in this report should provide a foundation for policies to promote healthy marriages through programs aimed at adolescents.

Organization and Methods. The report is organized around three major tasks:
Review descriptions of what adolescent romantic relationships are like. To accomplish this task, the report assembles and reviews research that describes what adolescents believe and value about romantic relationships and marriage in general and how adolescents behave in their own romantic relationships.

Review explanations of the role adolescent romantic relationships may play in adult development. To accomplish this task, the report integrates existing theories of adolescent romantic relationships and adult development and evaluates the degree to which existing theories have received support from the empirical literature on adolescent relationships to date.

Assess interventions designed to make adolescents’ relationships, and their subsequent marriages, better. To accomplish this task, this report reviews a diverse sample of available relationship education curricula targeted at adolescents and describes interviews with practitioners directly involved in this area.

Drawing on the results of these tasks, the report concludes by identifying priorities for future research in this area and offering strategies and suggestions for developing programs and curricula to promote healthy adult marriages during adolescence.

Bibliography Citation
Karney, Benjamin R., Megan K. Beckett, Rebecca L. Collins and Rebecca Shaw. "Adolescent Romantic Relationships as Precursors of Healthy Adult Marriages A Review of Theory, Research, and Programs." Technical Report Prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services, Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 2007.