ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2023
A prospective study of the relative contribution of adolescent peer support quantity and quality to depressive symptoms.
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- Between Support and Risk: The Dual Role of Peer Relationships in Adolescents' Mental Health.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From Healthy Eating to Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Stress Management and Peer Support.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Linking Friendship Quality Trajectories and Fluctuations to Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: A Four-wave Longitudinal Study.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Intergenerational transmission of depression: Testing a comprehensive set of putative mediators.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Multiple Risks and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms in Ethnic Regions of China: Analyses Using Cumulative Risk Model, Logistic Regression, and Association Rule Mining.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of childhood psychological abuse on the trajectory of adolescent depressive symptoms: a latent growth modeling approach.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Physical activity and mental health in Chinese high school students: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Core self-evaluations and perceived classmate support: Independent predictors of psychological adjustment.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2025Article
- Perceived social support and depressive symptoms among vocational college students: the serial mediating roles of positive coping and post-stress growth.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDuring adolescence, peer support has an increasingly important role in identity formation and well-being. Prior research has identified that lack of social support from peers in adolescence is a potent risk factor for depression. Two ways that social support has been operationalized is by the number of one's friends (i.e., 'quantity') and perception of one's network (i.e., 'quality'). Typically, these aspects of peer support are assessed separately.
methodsUsing data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 3,857), this study sought to test whether (1) adolescent depression relates to having fewer friends versus lower quality friendships, (2) these aspects of adolescent peer support prospectively predict depression in adulthood, (3) gender moderates the effects of peer support on depression, and (4) these aspects of peer support buffer the effects of stressful life events on depression.
resultsPeer support quality uniquely predicted depression in adolescence and adulthood among both males and females. The effect of peer support quality on depressive symptoms, however, was greater for females than males. By contrast, peer support quantity did not uniquely predict depression for males or females.
conclusionsQualitative aspects of adolescent peer support uniquely contribute to mental health not only in adolescence, but in adulthood as well. Potential processes through which peer support relates to depression are discussed, as well as implications for treatment.
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