Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Dev Psychopathol. 2020 Aug;32(3):1087-1095. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419001184.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of depressive peer group context in individual social and school adjustment in a sample of 1,430 Chinese adolescents (672 boys, mean age = 15.43 years) from middle (n = 430) and high (n = 1000) schools. Peer groups were identified using the Social Cognitive Map technique. One-year longitudinal data on depression and social and school adjustment were obtained from self-reports, peer nominations, teacher ratings, and school records. Multilevel analyses showed that group-level depression positively predicted later individual depression. Moreover, group-level depression negatively predicted later social competence, peer preference, school competence, and academic achievement, and it positively predicted later peer victimization and learning problems. The results suggest that affiliation with more depressive peer groups contributes to more psychological, social, and school adjustment problems in a cascading manner among Chinese adolescents.
本研究旨在考察抑郁同伴群体环境对 1430 名中国青少年（672 名男生，平均年龄=15.43 岁）个体社会和学校适应的影响，这些青少年分别来自初中（n=430）和高中（n=1000）学校。同伴群体是使用社会认知图技术确定的。抑郁和社会与学校适应的一年纵向数据是通过自我报告、同伴提名、教师评价和学校记录获得的。多层次分析表明，群体层面的抑郁水平正向预测个体后期的抑郁水平。此外，群体层面的抑郁水平负向预测个体后期的社交能力、同伴偏好、学业能力和学业成绩，正向预测个体后期的同伴受欺凌和学习问题。结果表明，与更多抑郁同伴群体的交往会导致中国青少年的心理、社会和学校适应问题呈级联式增加。
