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Love in youth is often fascinating, captivating, and total. It can be like this already when an elementary school student falls for a classmate who sits at the next desk tugging at his or her heartstrings or when a pubescent directs his or her passionate admiration and secret dreams at a public figure. Love is true for many youngsters also in these experiences. Falling in love becomes particularly touching on the threshold of adulthood during the first steps of dating. It can be like grace, anxiety, and fascination simultaneously (Bauminger et. al., 2008; Person, 2007).
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Määttä, K., Uusiautti, S. (2013). The Sweet Poison of Love in Adolescence and Early Adulthood. In: Määttä, K., Uusiautti, S. (eds) Many Faces of Love. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-206-8_1
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