Human Growth and Development / Unit 12 HGD 1698 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Relationship Types in Young Adulthood
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The idea
One study sorted young adult relationships into types: happily consolidated, about thirty-one percent; stuck, twenty-three percent; happily independent, twenty; and exploratory, eighteen.
In practice
The least common type, high intensity, volatile, with the highest satisfaction and the highest depressive symptoms and heavy drinking.
Where people slip
"Stuck" couples stay together through shared resources despite negative qualities.
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