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Relating relationships: Development, expansion, and interrelations in relationship networks

University of Minnesota, USA, wcollins{at}umn.edu

Katherine C. Haydon

University of Minnesota, USA

Paloma Hesemeyer

University of Minnesota, USA

The four articles in this special section underscore three key themes in research on close relationships during adolescence: normative changes in their nature and functional significance; expansion and diversification of networks of relationships; and increasing interrelations among close relationships. We identify important ways in which the four articles both extend knowledge on these three points and inspire further advances by future researchers.

Key Words: adolescence • adulthood • interrelations • relationships

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