Monday, February 20, 2012

Annotated Bibliography English 102


English 102
Annotated Bibliography
Meggie Besaw

            Jennifer Manlove, Suzzane Ryan and Kerry Franzetta
Gender and the Meanings of Adolescent Romantic Relationships: A Focus on Boys, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Aug., 2007), pp. 603-621

            When writing my research paper I think its good to look at both sides of a relationship, the boy’s side and girls. This article explains how boys act in relationships and how relationships affect boys. This article doesn’t come up with a conclusion but with ways the norm ways boys act towards girls in a relationship. Not only do they explain how they act but why they act like that. I want to write how boys act in a relationship and then how girls act positive and negative and how that affects their relationships in the future. So by reading this article I learn the boys aspect of my paper.


John H. Harvey and Brian G. Pauwels Recent Developments in Close-Relationships Theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science
Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jun., 1999), pp. 93-95  

            While looking at the boy aspect and the girl aspect on a relationship I think you need to look from teens to adults. This article looks more on adult and marriage. It gives you a look at statistics on good relationships and bad relationships, and shows you how those relationships can change your view on love. It also shows you statistics of divorce rates and depending on the relationship how it shapes your next relationship. The article concludes with what a marriage and how a marriage affects a women and male. This would work perfectly into my paper because I want to show how relationships affect women and men and I think that it is important to not only show young adult love but also adult love.


Peggy C. Giordano. Relationships in Adolescence.
Annual Review of Sociology , Vol. 29, (2003), pp. 257-281

            This article shows the distinct meaning and significance young adult a relationship has on developing adolescents. It explains why it’s important for young adults to have a relationship and the ways it affects them in the future, not only in their future relationships but life in general. I think it’s the perfect article to explain how relationships affect young adults future and the reasons it affects their future like that.

1 comment:

  1. Good start, Meggie. I think that you're right to explore boys/girls, men and women (though don't forget that there are homosexual relationships, too, that you could look into).

    Remember that you will need to explain, clearly, the conclusions that the authors come to about relationships, and how each conclusion will help you answer your question (or not). Finally, remember to include your initial research question at the top of the final.

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