Peer Responses to Social Interaction With Depressed Adolescents

Connolly, Jennifer M.; Geller, Shari M.; Marton, Peter; Kutcher, Stan

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“…Behaviors like these may lead to an increased likelihood of peer rejection or neglect. This possibility has been supported in several observational studies, which found that depressed children elicit negative reactions from other children during dyadic interactions (Baker, Milich, & Manolis, 1996;Connolly, Geller, Marton, & Kutcher, 1992;Rudolph et al, 1994).However, such findings also may reflect, in part, the influence of co-occurring conduct problems on peer relationships. Indeed, in recent analyses from the Child Development Project, Lansford et al (2003) found that early peer rejection was not related to later depressive symptoms when children's concurrent levels of aggression were controlled, suggesting that the relation between peer rejection and later depressive symptoms may be due, in large part, to cooccurring externalizing problems.…”

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

Connell

Dishion

2006

Develop. Psychopathol.

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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.In light of the number of children and adolescents who experience clinically significant depression, with the associated serious long-term implications for later functioning (e.g., Fergusson & Woodward, 2002;Lewinsohn, Rohde, Seeley, Klein, & Gotlib, 2003), the search for specific, modifiable risk factors has been central to research in development and psychopathology. In the effort to design effective prevention and intervention strategies, additional studies are needed that examine multivariate models of the developmental trajectories of depressive symptoms across adolescence. Although a number of studies have focused on individual or family predictors of depressive symptoms, research on peer-relational processes in the development of internalizing problems across childhood and adolescence received much less attention (Deater-Deckard, 2001). The limited body of research on peer processes in depression stands in stark contrast to the robust literature on peer processes predicting conduct problems in youth. Research on peer influences on the development of conduct problems in childhood and adolescence has documented the importance of developmental pathways from early peer rejection to increased affiliation with deviant peer groups in supporting the increase in children's conduct problems (including aggression, criminal behavior, and drug use) across early development (Dishion, 2000;Dishion, French, & Patterson, 1995). In light of the importance of interpersonal/interactional models of depression (see Joiner & Coyne, 1999), this gap in the corresponding literature related to depression in youth marks a serious oversight.The role of peers in depressed mood or disorder may be especially salient in early adolescence. In early adolescence, children spend increasing amounts of time with peers, such that peer- NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript group relations are likely to play an increasingly central role in shaping their affective experiences and social trajectories...

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

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Dishion

2006

Develop. Psychopathol.

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“…While Connolly et al's (1992) results indicated that the confederates in the study reacted negatively to depressed peers, a limitation of the study, which the researchers acknowledged, is that they did not collect behavioral data on the interactions. Thus, it was not possible to identify what behaviors contributed to the negative evaluations of the depressed adolescents.…”

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Peer interactions of dysphoric adolescents

Baker

Milich

Manolis

1996

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The present study sought to extend our knowledge of dysphoric adolescents' dyadic peer interactions. Thirty female dyads (ages 13-17) were videotaped interacting during both a structured and an unstructured task. Fourteen of the dyads were each comprised of a dysphoric girl and a nondysphoric girl; the remaining dyads were comprised of two nondysphoric girls. Girls were considered dysphoric if they scored 10 or higher on the Beck Depression Inventory. Dysphoric subjects evaluated their performances more negatively than nondysphoric subjects and rated their partners more negatively overall. The partners of the dysphoric girls were viewed by raters as less positive and less happy. They saw the dysphoric teens as making more critical comments and evaluated them more negatively overall. There was also a tendency for these girls to reject their dysphoric partners and to become more passive during the unstructured task. The findings indicate that dysphoric adolescent girls evoke negative reactions from peers and negatively influence their peers' behavior. These negative reactions from others may lead to further difficulties in negotiating the developmental tasks of adolescence.

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“…The public inaccurately views depressed people as more likely to be violent than troubled people (Link et al, 1999). Depressed adolescents, especially girls, are more likely to be viewed as less popular and less likeable by their peers than their non-depressed counterparts (Connolly, Geller, Marton, & Kutcher, 1992). Additionally, the experience of stigmatization can predict adverse mental health outcomes (Markowitz, 1998).…”

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What Teens Want: Barriers to Seeking Care for Depression

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Clarke

Green

2006

Adm Policy Ment Health

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This study examined the experiences of teenagers seeking and receiving care for depression from primary care providers. We investigated teens' perceived barriers in obtaining care to determine how primary care can effectively address depressed teens' stated needs. In-depth individual (n = 15) and focus group (n = 7) interviews with adolescents were conducted and analyzed using grounded theory and prominent themes were identified. Teenagers reported faring best when providers actively considered and reflected upon the teenagers' developmentally appropriate desires to be normal, to feel connected, and to be autous. These goals are achieved by providers establishing rapport, exchanging information about depression etiology and treatment, and helping teens make decisions about their treatment. To the extent that providers improve efforts to help teens feel normal, autonomous, and connected, the teens report they are more likely to accept treatment for depression and report success in treatment.

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Peer Responses to Social Interaction With Depressed Adolescents

Cited by 78 publications

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

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

Peer interactions of dysphoric adolescents

What Teens Want: Barriers to Seeking Care for Depression

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