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Depressive symptoms and conversational self-focus in adolescents’ friendships

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Schwartz-Mette, Rebecca A., Rose, Amanda J.·2016·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
DOI 10.1007/s10802-015-9980-3PMC PMC4523458
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This multi-method, longitudinal study considered the interplay among depressive symptoms, aversive interpersonal behavior, and interpersonal rejection in early and middle adolescents' friendships. In particular, the study examined a newly identified interpersonal process, conversational self-focus (i.e., the tendency to redirect conversations about problems to focus on the self). Traditional interpersonal theories of depression suggest that individuals with depressive symptoms engage in aversive behaviors (such as conversational self-focus) and are rejected by others. However, in the current study, not all adolescents with depressive symptoms engaged in conversational self-focus and were rejected by friends. Instead, conversational self-focus moderated prospective relations of depressive symptoms and later friendship problems such that only adolescents with depressive symptoms who engaged in conversational self-focus were rejected by friends. These findings are consistent with current conceptualizations of the development of psychopathology that highlight heterogeneity among youth who share similar symptoms and the possibility of multifinality of outcomes.

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Authors
Schwartz-Mette, R. A., & Rose, A. J.
Affiliations
University of Missouri (US)
ORCID
Rose, Amanda J.
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-02-03
Volume
44
Issue
1
Pages
87-100
ISSN
  • 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2835
DOI
10.1007/s10802-015-9980-3
PMC
PMC4523458
OpenAlex
W1985116831
Cited by
44
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1
FWCI
4.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH073590, F31MH081619)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Keywords
depressive symptoms, adolescent friendships, interpersonal rejection, friendship problems, moderation, multifinality
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Social Behavior, Friends

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