Prospectively Predicting Adult Depressive Symptoms from Adolescent Peer Dysfunction: a Sibling Comparison Study.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have shown that peer dysfunction in adolescence predicts depression in adulthood, even when controlling for certain individual- and/or family-level characteristics. However, these studies have not controlled for numerous potential familial confounders, precluding causal inferences. The present study therefore used a sibling comparison design (i.e., comparing siblings within families) to test whether peer dysfunction (e.g., lack of friendships, victimization) in adolescence continues to predict depression in adulthood after accounting for unmeasured familial confounds and individual characteristics in adolescence. Participants' (N = 85) dysfunction with peers was assessed in adolescence (M_age = 13.21, SD = 3.47) by self- and parent-report, and adult depressive sy

SUBMITTER: Funkhouser CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8854477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature