objective: to compare the effectiveness of rational, behavioral and emotive therapy (rebt) and person-centered therapy (pct) on self-differentiation and intimacy among divorce clients. methods: in quasi-experimental study, 42 divorce clients (both males and females) who presented to the counsling center of sanandaj, iran were sampled. they were categorized into three groups of pct, rebt, and co...

This study examined the hypotheses that (a) intimacy of friendship is more integral to socioemotional adjustment during adolescence than preadolescence, and (b) that competence in close relationship skills is more important during adolescence than preadolescence. Subjects were 102 10-13-year-old preadolescents and 70 13-16-year-old adolescents. Self- and friend ratings of friendship intimacy we...

CONTEXT Effective STD and pregnancy prevention efforts should benefit from knowledge of what motivates adolescents to have sex. Positive motivations, and how they differ by gender and sexual experience, are poorly understood. METHODS A sample of 637 ninth graders were asked about their relationship goals, expectations of the degree to which sex would satisfy these goals and sexual experience....