Richards M H, Crowe P A, Larson R, Swarr A
Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, IL 60626, USA.
Child Dev. 1998 Feb;69(1):154-63.
Adolescents in fifth through eighth grade (N = 218) carried electronic pagers for 1 week and completed self-report forms in response to signals received at random times. Four years later, the sample underwent the same procedure. Results indicate that thinking about the opposite sex occurs at an earlier age than spending time with the opposite sex alone and that both increase over time. Results also indicate little change in same-sex companionship over time. Girls spent more time with the opposite sex and spent more time thinking about opposite- and same-sex peers. Time with the opposite sex alone was experienced as very positive, whereas time spent thinking about the opposite sex was associated with less positive states as adolescents became older.
五至八年级的青少年（N = 218）携带电子传呼机一周，并根据随机收到的信号填写自我报告表格。四年后，该样本接受了相同的程序。结果表明，对异性的思考比单独与异性相处的年龄更早，而且两者都随时间增加。结果还表明，同性陪伴随时间变化不大。女孩与异性相处的时间更多，花在思考异性和同性同龄人上的时间也更多。单独与异性相处的时间被认为非常积极，而随着青少年年龄的增长，花在思考异性上的时间与较不积极的状态相关。
