What developments lead to the change in the way adolescents view the opposite sex?

a) peer pressure
b) onset of puberty, while at the same time societal pressures indicate it is appropriate for romantic involvement to begin
c) membership of cliques or crowds
d) disintegration of the parent-adolescent relationship leads adolescents to seek companionship elsewhere


b

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