Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects.

Autor: van der Mey-Baijens S; Research Centre Urban Talent, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rochussenstraat 198, 3015 EK, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. s.m.baijens@hr.nl.; Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. s.m.baijens@hr.nl.; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute - Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. s.m.baijens@hr.nl., Buil JM; Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute - Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Vuijk P; Research Centre Urban Talent, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rochussenstraat 198, 3015 EK, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Bul KCM; Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University, Coventry, UK., Branje S; Department of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands., Meeus W; Department of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands., van Lier PAC; Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute - Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research on child and adolescent psychopathology [Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol] 2023 Apr; Vol. 51 (4), pp. 469-483. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 19.
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-022-00999-x
Abstrakt: Support from best friends is an important interpersonal factor in adolescent depression development but is often studied from an individual perspective in which dyadic effects are overlooked. This study aims to a) test whether differences in support vary at the individual level and are related to individual differences in the development of depressive symptoms, whether these differences vary at the dyadic level and are related to dyadic depression symptom development, or both, b) explore whether these associations are moderated by initial levels of depressive symptoms on the individual and/or dyadic level. Data from 452 adolescents (Mage = 13.03), nested in 226 same-gender friendship dyads (60.6% boy-dyads) who participated in the RADAR-Y project were included. Best friends self-reported annually (2006-2008; 3 waves) on their own depressive symptoms and perceived support from their friend. Multilevel models showed no direct association between support and depression development on the individual or dyadic level. However, the initial level of dyads' depressive symptoms moderated the association between dyadic support and dyads' subsequent depression symptom development. When dyads experienced relatively more initial depressive symptoms, higher levels of dyadic support were associated with relative increasing dyadic depressive symptoms. When dyads experienced relatively few initial depressive symptoms, higher levels of dyadic support were associated with relative decreasing dyadic depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that support from best friends can either protect against or exacerbate the development of depressive symptoms for friends, depending on the initial level of depressive symptoms of the dyad.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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