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Adolescent Romance and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Effects of Positive Coping and Perceived Friendship Competence

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Szwedo, David E., Chango, Joanna M., Allen, Joseph P.·2015·Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
DOI 10.1080/15374416.2014.881290PMC PMC4169363
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Youths' ability to positively cope with negative emotions and their self-perceived friendship competence were examined as potential moderators of links between multiple aspects of romantic relationships and residualized increases in depressive symptoms from late adolescence into early adulthood. Participants included 184 teens (46% male; 42% non-White) assessed at ages 15 to 19 and 21, as well as a subsample of 62 romantic partners of participants assessed when teens were 18. Results of hierarchical linear regressions showed that positive coping served as a buffer against depressive symptoms for romantically involved adolescents and also for teens receiving more intense emotional support from their romantic partners, but not for youth whose relationship had ended and had not been replaced by a new relationship. Higher perceived friendship competence served as a buffer against depressive symptoms for youth enduring the dissolution and nonreplacement of their romantic relationship. Greater use of positive coping skills and higher perceived friendship competence may help protect adolescents from depressive symptoms in different types of romantic experiences.

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  • Adolescents who reported a higher number of relationship partners and more frequent dating were more likely to show poorer emotional well-being in young adulthood.

    “Those studies that do exist have found that adolescents who reported a higher number of relationship partners and more frequent dating were more likely to show poorer emotional well-being (Longmore et al. 2016; Szwedo et al. 2015) in young adulthood.”

    From Patterns of Romantic Relationship Experiences and Psychosocial Adjustment From Adolescence to Young Adulthood (2021) · cites this paper as Szwedo et al. 2015

    The Results (Primary Analyses; page unavailable) report that romantic involvement at age 18 predicted a residualized increase in depressive symptoms at age 21. But the Methods (Measures; page unavailable) define involvement as being in a relationship lasting at least two months, not the number of partners or frequency of dating. Those specific parts of the claim are unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. Kovacs M Beck AT 1977 An empirical clinical approach toward a definition of childhood depression New York Raven Press
  2. Wilson-Shockley S 1995 Gender differences in adolescent depression: The contribution of negative affect MS thesis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Authors
Szwedo, D. E., Chango, J. M., & Allen, J. P.
Affiliations
University of Virginia (US)
Corresponding author
Szwedo, David E.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2014-03-19
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
538-550
ISSN
  • 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-4424
DOI
10.1080/15374416.2014.881290
PMC
PMC4169363
OpenAlex
W2133311610
Cited by
21
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2016: 1
FWCI
0.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
This study and its write-up were supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Mental Health (9R01 HD058305-11A1 and R01-MH58066). David E. Szwedo is now with the Department of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
adolescent romantic relationships, depressive symptoms, positive coping, moderation, romantic relationship dissolution, late adolescence, early adulthood, buffering effect
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Age Factors, Courtship, Depression, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Perception, Self Concept, Friends, Young Adult

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