To seek or not to seek advice: Talking about romantic issues during emerging adulthood
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Tagliabue, Semira
Olivari, Maria Giulia
Giuliani, Cristina
Confalonieri, Emanuela
Abstract / Description
The aim of the study was to explore whether and how emerging adults talk about their romantic relationships with their close others, especially their parents and friends, also considering gender differences. Data were collected via eight single-sex focus groups conducted with 50 Italian emerging adults (aged 18–25), and were analyzed using thematic analysis. Two main themes emerged. The first was labeled “to seek advice”, which was divided into three subthemes: “I look for different points of view,” “I treasure other people’s words,” and “I listen and then do it my own way.” The second theme was “to not seek advice,” which was divided into two subthemes: “I do not need comparison” and “I need to choose on my own.” The findings revealed that close friends, more than parents, are important interlocutors for discussions on romantic relationships, and few gender differences were found. Furthermore, we can speculate that emerging adults’ reasons for seeking advice or not could relate to their autonomy and relatedness needs.
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seeking advice romantic relationships parents close friends emerging adulthood sexualityPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-03-12
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
14
Issue
1
Page numbers
125–142
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Tagliabue, S., Olivari, M. G., Giuliani, C., & Confalonieri, E. (2018). To seek or not to seek advice: Talking about romantic issues during emerging adulthood. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1454
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Tagliabue, Semira
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Olivari, Maria Giulia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Giuliani, Cristina
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Confalonieri, Emanuela
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2018-11-21T10:00:16Z
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Date of first publication2018-03-12
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Abstract / DescriptionThe aim of the study was to explore whether and how emerging adults talk about their romantic relationships with their close others, especially their parents and friends, also considering gender differences. Data were collected via eight single-sex focus groups conducted with 50 Italian emerging adults (aged 18–25), and were analyzed using thematic analysis. Two main themes emerged. The first was labeled “to seek advice”, which was divided into three subthemes: “I look for different points of view,” “I treasure other people’s words,” and “I listen and then do it my own way.” The second theme was “to not seek advice,” which was divided into two subthemes: “I do not need comparison” and “I need to choose on my own.” The findings revealed that close friends, more than parents, are important interlocutors for discussions on romantic relationships, and few gender differences were found. Furthermore, we can speculate that emerging adults’ reasons for seeking advice or not could relate to their autonomy and relatedness needs.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationTagliabue, S., Olivari, M. G., Giuliani, C., & Confalonieri, E. (2018). To seek or not to seek advice: Talking about romantic issues during emerging adulthood. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1454
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1093
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1285
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1454
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Keyword(s)seeking adviceen_US
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Keyword(s)romantic relationshipsen_US
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Keyword(s)parentsen_US
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Keyword(s)close friendsen_US
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Keyword(s)emerging adulthooden_US
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Keyword(s)sexualityen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleTo seek or not to seek advice: Talking about romantic issues during emerging adulthooden_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers125–142
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Volume14
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