Co-brooding and co-reflection as differential predictors of depressive symptoms and friendship quality in adolescents: Investigating the moderating role of gender

Autor: Bastin, Margot, Nelis, Sabine, Vanhalst, Janne, Vasey, Michael W, Raes, Filip, Bijttebier, Patricia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Popis: Co-rumination has been shown advantageous for friendship quality, but disadvantageous for mental health. Recently, two components have been distinguished, with co-brooding predicting increases in depressive symptoms and co-reflection decreases. The current study aimed to replicate these findings and investigated whether both components also show differential relations with friendship quality. Gender was investigated as a moderator. Path analyses were used on data of 313 adolescents aged 9-17 (50.5% girls). Co-brooding was related to more concurrent and prospective depressive symptoms in girls. Co-reflection predicted less concurrent and prospective depressive symptoms in girls and higher concurrent positive friendship quality for boys and girls. This study underscores the value of studying co-rumination components and suggests that boys and girls in this context differ in their pathways towards depression. ispartof: Journal of Youth and Adolescence vol:47 issue:5 pages:1037-1051 ispartof: location:San Francisco (CA), USA status: published
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