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Publication Date: 2006-Apr
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Reciprocal, Longitudinal Associations among Adolescents' Negative Feedback-Seeking, Depressive Symptoms, and Peer Relations
Borelli, Jessica L.; Prinstein, Mitchell J.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, v34 n2 p154-164 Apr 2006
This study examined reciprocal associations among adolescents' negative feedback-seeking, depressive symptoms, perceptions of friendship quality, and peer-reported social preference over an 11-month period. A total of 478 adolescents in grades 6-8 completed measures of negative feedback-seeking, depressive symptoms, friendship quality, global-self-esteem, and social anxiety at two time points. Peer-reported measures of peer status were collected using a sociometric procedure. Consistent with hypotheses, path analyses results suggested that negative feedback-seeking was associated longitudinally with depressive symptoms and perceptions of friendship criticism in girls and with lower social preference scores in boys; however, depressive symptoms were not associated longitudinally with negative feedback-seeking. Implications for interpersonal models of adolescent depression are discussed.
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Feedback, Depression (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Anxiety, Sociometric Techniques, Path Analysis, Criticism, Friendship, Self Esteem, Correlation, Negative Attitudes, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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