Dating relationships are normative in middle adolescence, but the academic and social implications of different types of dating involvement remains unclear. To address this gap, this longitudinal study evaluates the association between dating status (i.e., never date, rarely date, casually date, steady relationship) and academic and social functioning in a sample of adolescents. Across two school years, 455 adolescents (53.8% female; 56.5% Asian American, 43.5% Latinx; T1 M_age = 15.04 years) reported on their dating status and peers provided nominations of popularity and aggression. Grades and standardized test scores were obtained from school records. For Asian American youth, abstaining from dating was negatively associated with subsequent popularity. Casual dating and being in a steady relationship were associated with relational and overt peer aggression over time. Gender moderated this association, such that boys in steady relationships, and girls in casual relationships were more relationally aggressive one year later. Implications are discussed in terms of problem behavior theory and adolescent intersexual competition.

约会关系在中青年时期是很规范的，但是不同类型约会约会的学术和社会影响仍然不清楚。为了弥补这一差距，这项纵向研究评估了青少年样本中的约会状态（即从未约会，很少约会，随便约会，稳定的关系）与学术和社交功能之间的关联。在两个学年中，有455名青少年（女性为53.8％；亚裔美国人为56.5％，拉丁裔为43.5％； T1 M_年龄 = 15.04岁）报告了他们的约会状态，同龄人提供了受欢迎程度和侵略性提名。从学校记录中获得成绩和标准化考试分数。对于亚裔美国人的年轻人来说，放弃约会与后来的流行负相关。随便约会和保持稳定的关系会随着时间的推移与同伴和明显的同​​伴攻击有关。性别控制了这种联系，一年后，处于稳定关系中的男孩和处于偶然关系中的女孩在关系方面更具攻击性。从问题行为理论和青少年两性竞争方面讨论了含义。