This longitudinal study examined sexual intercourse within adolescent romantic
relationships as a couple-level moderator of the association between adolescent individual …

This study examined the link between rejection sensitivity, self-silencing behaviors, and
depressive symptomatology among adolescent dating couples. Self-silencing was …

This study examined the relationships between self-silencing and relational and individual
functioning among adolescent romantic couples. Adolescent couples (N= 211) completed …

Self-silencing is a tendency to suppress the expression of thoughts and opinions from a
romantic partner due to the fear that this self-expression would lead to a dissolution of the …

Silencing the self is a theory of women's depression that proposes that depression results
from women being inauthentic in key relationships. In this study, we linked this theory to a …

Little is known about the impact of the relational context of adolescent sexual activity on
depressive symptoms. The present study examined trajectories of depressive symptoms …

The current study aimed to increase knowledge related to the role of a restrictive relational
strategy in the well-established link between women's experiences of sexism and …

This study draws on the social stress model from the sociology of mental health to examine
the impact of same-sex attraction on depressed mood and suicidal tendencies. Specifically …

There is considerable debate over whether adolescent sexual activity is maladaptive and
associated with worse mental health outcomes versus a positive developmental milestone …

Adolescent dating and sexual activity are consistently associated with risk for depression,
yet the pathways underlying this association remain uncertain. Using data on 1,551 sibling …