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For example, married individuals in the United States maintain that communication is the single most important aspect of their relationship (Baucom et al., 1990) . Couples who communicate well also report higher satisfaction in their relationship, whereas distressed couples often lack good methods of communicating (Baucom et al., 1990) . In fact, communication is such a significant component of adult romantic relationships that researchers can accurately classify 80 percent of couples as being distressed or nondistressed by simply watching how they communicate about a conflict (Gottman et al., 1977; Gottman, 1979; Weiss & Heyman, 1990) . Additionally, couples’ communication about positive events, such as each other’s good news, is another important factor in determining long-term relationship satisfaction (Reiss & Gable, 2003) . Taken together, these lines of research imply that relationship satisfaction is less determined by the sheer occurrence of conflict or positive events in the lives of couples, and more related to the ability of romantic partners to communicate successfully about important life issues.  \nDespite striking evidence for the importance of communication in adult couple relationships, scant research has examined communication in adolescent romantic relationships. Until recently, almost no work had been conducted on any aspect of adolescent romantic relationships. Researchers had shied away from studying romance in adolescence for several reasons: these relationships  \n130  TALKING ADOLESCENCE  \nare often short-lived and difficult to study, some researchers questioned how important these early romantic experiences were, and few theories existed to guide the work (Brown et al., 1999) .  \nToday, however, we know that romantic relationships are central to young peoples’ day-to-day lives. In the context of heterosexual socialization, fifteen-to eighteen-year-old U.S. high school girls interact or talk with boys almost ten hours a week, and boys interact or talk with girls about five hours a week (Richards et al., 1998) . In addition, girls think about boys another eight hours a week, and boys think about girls an additional five to six hours. Of course, these numbers are only self-reported approximations; some of these interactions with the other sex are with potential (vs. actual) romantic partners and some with other-sex friends. These estimates also do not include same-sex attractions or recently developed, popular methods of communication such as the internet. Furthermore, we suspect that the availability of cell phones is likely to have increased the amount of contact among young people in recent years [see McKay et al.—chapter 11, this volume] .  \nAlthough it is difficult to get a precise estimate of how often young people are communicating with romantic partners, the point is clear. Young people spend a large amount of time focused on romantic relationships. [2] Dating and romantic relationships are principal topics of conversation among young people and their peers (Eder, 1993), and high school students interact more frequently with romantic partners than they do with parents, siblings or friends (Laursen & Williams, 1997) . Moreover, emotional feelings about romantic relationships occupy the forefront of young people’s minds. Young people actually have strong positive emotions and strong negative emotions about the other sex more often than they do about same-sex peers, family or school (Larson et al., 1999) .  \nAlthough we know that communication occurs frequently between young people and their romantic partners, we know very little about how communication is characterized in these emerging relationships. In this chapter, we discuss what is known and what we still think needs to","cbCaiujEFvNiyeu4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiujEFvNiyeu4","pdf",219673,17,"English","# The language of love: Romantic relationships in adolescence\n## Communication and relationship satisfaction in adulthood\n## Adolescent romance: prevalence and research limitations\n## Behavioral systems approach to close relationships\n## Communication as a central mechanism in adolescent romantic relationships","[{\"question\":\"Why is communication considered important in romantic relationships?\",\"answer\":\"Evidence from adult relationships links effective communication to higher satisfaction and distinguishes distressed from nondistressed couples through conflict communication patterns.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes adolescent romantic relationships harder to study?\",\"answer\":\"The document notes that adolescent romances are often short-lived and difficult to study, early experiences were questioned in importance, and few guiding theories existed.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the chapter frame adolescent close relationships?\",\"answer\":\"It uses a behavioral systems approach in which relationships can serve functions such as affiliation, sexual/reproductive needs, attachment, and caregiving.\"}]","The Language of Love - Romantic relationships in adolescence | PDF",43]