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The contribution of peers to monthly variation in adolescent depressed mood: A short-term longitudinal study with time-varying predictors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2006

ARIN M. CONNELL  and
THOMAS J. DISHION
ARIN M. CONNELL
Affiliation:
Child and Family Center, University of Oregon
THOMAS J. DISHION
Affiliation:
Child and Family Center, University of Oregon
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Abstract

This study examined peer predictors of variation and growth in depressed mood among high-risk adolescents, using child and parent reports of monthly symptoms. One hundred seventy-six parents and their 10- to 14-year-old children separately took part in a series of up to nine monthly interviews. Multilevel growth models examined both time-varying peer predictors of parent and child reports of the child's depressive symptoms, controlling for age, gender, and treatment status. Deviant peer affiliation significantly predicted elevated depressive symptoms in the monthly child-report of depressed mood, especially for younger adolescents. Children's level of delinquency was significantly related to parent-reported depressive symptoms, and to child-reported symptoms in older adolescents only. As expected, depressed mood was higher for girls and more prevalent among older adolescents. The results suggest that peer processes may be linked in time to the development of depression, especially among high-risk adolescents.This project was supported by grants to the second author (T.J.D.) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 07031) and the National Institute of Mental Health (Development and Psychopathology Research Training Grant MH 20012), both at the National Institutes of Health. Thanks to Ann Simas for editing this manuscript.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 139 - 154
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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