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. 2010;39(5):603-15.
doi: 10.1080/15374416.2010.501284.

Perceived social competence, negative social interactions, and negative cognitive style predict depressive symptoms during adolescence

Adabel Lee  1 , Benjamin L Hankin, Robin J Mermelstein
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Perceived social competence, negative social interactions, and negative cognitive style predict depressive symptoms during adolescence

Adabel Lee et al. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2010.

Abstract

The current study examined whether negative interactions with parents and peers would mediate the longitudinal association between perceived social competence and depressive symptoms and whether a negative cognitive style would moderate the longitudinal association between negative interactions with parents and increases in depressive symptoms. Youth (N = 350; 6th-10th graders) completed self-report measures of perceived social competence, negative interactions with parents and peers, negative cognitive style, and depressive symptoms at three time points. Results indicated that the relationship between perceived social competence and depressive symptoms was partially mediated by negative interactions with parents but not peers. Further, baseline negative cognitive style interacted with greater negative parent interactions to predict later depressive symptoms.

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Figure 1
Conceptual figure illustrating the proposed mediation models tested. Top half shows negative interactions as the mediator of the association between perceived social competence and change in depressive symptoms. Bottom half shows the moderated mediation model in which baseline negative cognitive style is hypothesized to moderate the longitudinal relation between negative parent interactions and increases in depressive symptoms. In analyses for both models, initial depressive symptoms (not shown in figure for clarity) were controlled to test prospective prediction of depressive symptoms. See text for full details.
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Negative Interactions with Parents × Negative Cognitive Style Interaction Predicting Depressive Symptoms Note. CDI = Child Depression Inventory. NRI = Network of Relationships Inventory. ACSQ = Adolescent Cognitive Style Questionnaire.
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