a Department of Psychology , University of Maine.
b Department of Psychological Sciences , University of Connecticut.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2018 Nov-Dec;47(6):912-924. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1197837. Epub 2016 Sep 1.
Research supports the notion that adolescents' mental health is impacted by peers via contagion processes. A growing area of interest has been how co-rumination may influence depressive symptoms within friendships. The current study examined particular conditions under which co-rumination is especially likely to facilitate depression contagion. Participants were adolescents (N = 480, 49% female, M age = 14.6 years, 59.5% European American) paired in friendship dyads and assessed over 9 months. Characteristics of the adolescent (personal distress), of the friend (excessive reassurance seeking), and of the friendship (friendship quality) were considered. Moderated mediation analyses indicated that co-rumination facilitated depression contagion only under conditions of adolescents' high personal distress, friends' high excessive reassurance seeking, and high positive friendship quality. This research underscores the importance of attending to how and under what conditions depression contagion occurs within friendships in order to support adolescents' positive social and emotional development.
研究支持这样一种观点，即青少年的心理健康会受到同伴的影响，这种影响是通过感染过程产生的。人们越来越感兴趣的是，共同沉思如何在友谊中影响抑郁症状。本研究探讨了共同沉思特别容易促进抑郁感染的特定条件。参与者为青少年（N=480，女性占 49%，平均年龄为 14.6 岁，59.5%为欧洲裔美国人），按友谊对进行配对，并在 9 个月内进行评估。考虑了青少年（个人困扰）、朋友（过度寻求保证）和友谊（友谊质量）的特征。调节中介分析表明，只有在青少年个人困扰高、朋友过度寻求保证高和积极友谊质量高的情况下，共同沉思才会促进抑郁感染。这项研究强调了在友谊中关注抑郁感染如何以及在何种条件下发生的重要性，以便支持青少年的积极社会和情感发展。
