Three primary themes that were bound to the important relationships
in the youths’ lives were identified: (a) responsibility was perceived
as their obligation toward friends, partners, and parents; (b) respect was
viewed as a transactional giving and receiving of honor, solidarity, and
loyalty; and (c) reputations were considered to be earned through relationships
with significant others in their lives (Anderson, 1990).One of the major purposes of Arenson’ s (1994) qualitative descriptive
study was to ª uncover new and more optimistic information about
adolescent parenting as an impetus for evaluating our long-held negative
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若年層の人生における重要な関係と結びついた主要な3つのテーマはが以下の通り確認された：(a)責任は、友人、パートナー、両親に関する彼らの義務である;(b)尊敬は、名誉、団結、忠誠を与えることと受けとることみなされる;(c)評判は彼らの人生（Anserson、1990）で重要な他者との関係を通して得られると考えられる。Andersonの（1994）定性的記述研究の主な目的の一つは、若年層の妊娠について長年抱いてきた否定的評価を刺激する、新しく、より楽観的な事実を明らかにすることである134 J. Lesser et al。
