Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Sep;49(9):1913-1927. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01236-8. Epub 2020 Apr 18.
Interpersonal theories have suggested that depressive symptoms influence and are influenced by peer relationships, but little is known about how depressive symptoms-peer relationships associations change with age. This study examined the longitudinal associations between both group- and dyadic-level peer relationships and depressive symptoms in a community sample of Chinese youth (n = 2179; 47.9% girls) from grades 6 to 9. Results demonstrated correlations between stable trait-like components of peer acceptance/rejection and depressive symptoms, with no dynamic state-like associations being observed. The results also suggested that conflict with friends operated as a consistent interpersonal risk for subsequent depressive symptoms across late childhood to middle adolescence. Support from friends was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms in early adolescence, but influenced and was influenced by depressive symptoms in middle adolescence. This study highlights that depressive symptoms are associated with youth's peer social status and friendship in different ways and that the interactions between friendship and depressive symptoms get strengthened with the transition to adolescence.
人际理论表明，抑郁症状会影响同伴关系，也会受到同伴关系的影响，但人们对抑郁症状与同伴关系的关联如何随年龄变化知之甚少。本研究在一个来自 6 到 9 年级的中国青少年社区样本（n=2179；47.9%为女生）中，检验了同伴关系的群体和对偶水平与抑郁症状之间的纵向关联。结果表明，同伴接受/拒绝的稳定特质成分与抑郁症状之间存在相关性，而没有观察到动态状态样的关联。研究结果还表明，与朋友的冲突是贯穿整个儿童后期到青春期中期的持续人际风险因素，会导致随后出现抑郁症状。朋友的支持在青春期早期与抑郁症状没有显著关联，但在青春期中期会影响和受到抑郁症状的影响。本研究强调，抑郁症状与青少年的同伴社会地位和友谊之间存在不同的关联方式，而且友谊和抑郁症状之间的相互作用随着向青春期的过渡而增强。
