Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects:  Disentangling Individual from Dyadic Level Effects

Steffie van der Mey-Baijens; Marieke Buil; Patricia Vuijk; Kim Bul; Susan  Branje; Wim  Meeus; Pol van Lier

doi:10.1007/s10802-022-00999-x

Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects: Disentangling Individual from Dyadic Level Effects

Steffie van der Mey-Baijens, Marieke Buil, Patricia Vuijk, Kim Bul, Susan Branje, Wim Meeus, Pol van Lier

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Abstract

: Support from best friends is an important interpersonal factor in adolescent depression development but is often studied from an individual perspective in which dyadic effects are overlooked. This study aims to a) test whether differences in support vary at the individual level and are related to individual differences in the development of depressive symptoms, whether these differences vary at the dyadic level and are related to dyadic depression symptom development, or both, b) explore whether these associations are moderated by initial levels of depressive symptoms on the individual and/or dyadic level. Data from 452 adolescents (Mage = 13.03), nested in 226 same-gender friendship dyads (60.6% boy-dyads) who participated in the RADAR-Y project were included. Best friends self-reported annually (2006–2008; 3 waves) on their own depressive symptoms and perceived support from their friend. Multilevel models showed no direct association between support and depression development on the individual or dyadic level. However, the initial level of dyads’ depressive symptoms moderated the association between dyadic support and dyads’ subsequent depression symptom development. When dyads experienced relatively more initial depressive symptoms, higher levels of dyadic support were associated with relative increasing dyadic depressive symptoms. When dyads experienced relatively few initial depressive symptoms, higher levels of dyadic support were associated with relative decreasing dyadic depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that support from best friends can either protect against or exacerbate the development of depressive symptoms for friends, depending on the initial level of depressive symptoms of the dyad.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	469-483
Number of pages	15
Journal	Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Volume	51
Issue number	4
Early online date	19 Dec 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00999-x
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023

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This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Funding

Data of the RADAR (Research on Adolescent Development And Relationships) study were used ( https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zrb-v5wp ). RADAR has been financially supported by main grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (GB-MAGW 480-03-005, GB-MAGW 480-08-006), Stichting Achmea Slachtoffer en Samenleving (SASS), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research to the Consortium Individual Development (CID; 024.001.003), a grant of the European Research Council (ERC-2017-CoG\u2014773023 INTRANSITION), and various other grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, VU University Amsterdam, and Utrecht University. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Funders	Funder number
VU University Amsterdam
University of Utrecht
European Research Council
Not added	GB-MAGW 480-03-005, 023.010.060, GB-MAGW 480-08-006
Horizon Europe	773023
Stichting Achmea Slachtoffer en Samenleving	024.001.003

Keywords

Adolescence
Article
Depressive symptoms
Friendship
Multilevel analyses
Social support

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van der Mey-Baijens, S., Buil, M., Vuijk, P., Bul, K., Branje, S., Meeus, W., & van Lier, P. (2023). Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects: Disentangling Individual from Dyadic Level Effects. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(4), 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00999-x

Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects: Disentangling Individual from Dyadic Level Effects. / van der Mey-Baijens, Steffie; Buil, Marieke; Vuijk, Patricia et al.
In: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Vol. 51, No. 4, 04.2023, p. 469-483.

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van der Mey-Baijens, S, Buil, M, Vuijk, P, Bul, K, Branje, S, Meeus, W & van Lier, P 2023, 'Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects: Disentangling Individual from Dyadic Level Effects', Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00999-x

van der Mey-Baijens S, Buil M, Vuijk P, Bul K, Branje S, Meeus W et al. Perceived Support from Best Friends and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Disentangling Personal from Dyadic Level Effects: Disentangling Individual from Dyadic Level Effects. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 2023 Apr;51(4):469-483. Epub 2022 Dec 19. doi: 10.1007/s10802-022-00999-x

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