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The Role of Romantic Partners, Family, and Peer Networks in Dating Couples' Views About Cohabitation
Journal of adolescent research, v 26(1), pp 115-149
01 Jan 2011
PMCID: PMC3476461
PMID: 23087542
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Abstract
Emerging adults are increasingly cohabiting, but few studies have considered the role of social context in the formation of their views of cohabitation. Drawing on 40 semistructured interviews with dating couples, we explored the role of romantic partners, family, and peers on evaluations of cohabitation. In couples where each member had a differing view about cohabitation, one romantic partner's desire to not cohabit trumped their partner's more ambivalent feelings about cohabitation.The influence of family in the formation of cohabitation views was evident through a variety of mechanisms, including parental advice, social modeling, religious values, and economic control. Peers also played a key role, with couples using the vicarious trials of their peer networks to judge how cohabitation would affect their own relationship. By using a couple perspective, assessing reports from both members of each couple, this study showcases how beliefs about cohabitation are formed within an intimate dyad.
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- Title
- The Role of Romantic Partners, Family, and Peer Networks in Dating Couples' Views About Cohabitation
- Creators
- Wendy D. Manning - Bowling Green State UniversityJessica A. Cohen - Bowling Green State UniversityPamela J. Smock - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Publication Details
- Journal of adolescent research, v 26(1), pp 115-149
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 35
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000286507200005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79251472420
- Other Identifier
- 991021862374104721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental