Opposite-sex relationship questionnaire for female adolescents: development and psychometric evaluation.

Aim The goal of the present study is to adopt state-of-the-art techniques and standards to develop and evaluate a measure, called the opposite-sex relationship questionnaire for female adolescents (OSRQFA), to assess the reasons why adolescent girls would or would not develop, a relationship with an adolescent boy. Methods A mixed-method, sequential, exploratory design was adopted. In the qualitative phase, an in-depth interview approach was used to identify the properties and dimensions to be included in the OSRQFA.

Factors that promote and impede other-sex friendships: a qualitative study of Iranian adolescent girls.

Aim: The aim of this study was to identify factors that promote and impede other-sex (OS) friendships in adolescent girls.

Methods: A qualitative study conducted with 20 adolescent girls recruited in public places in Tehran, Iran. Information was collected through semi-structured interviews and coded via the conventional qualitative content analysis approach.