Does Having Vulnerable Friends Help Vulnerable Youth? The Co-Evolution of Friendships, Victimization, and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents' Social Networks

Autor/inn/en	Qin, Xingna; Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia; Steglich, Christian; Zhang, Yunyun; Ren, Ping; Veenstra, René
Titel	Does Having Vulnerable Friends Help Vulnerable Youth? The Co-Evolution of Friendships, Victimization, and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents' Social Networks
Quelle	In: Child Development, 94 (2023) 6, S.1531-1549 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Qin, Xingna) ORCID (Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia) ORCID (Steglich, Christian) ORCID (Zhang, Yunyun) ORCID (Ren, Ping) ORCID (Veenstra, René)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13945
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Grade 7; Grade 8; At Risk Students; Foreign Countries; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Friendship; Peer Influence; Victims; Classroom Environment; Social Support Groups; Social Status; Emotional Development; Social Networks; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Ausland; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Freundschaft; Victim; Opfer; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Sozialer Status; Gefühlsbildung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract	This study examined whether having vulnerable friends helps or hurts victimized and depressed (i.e., vulnerable) adolescents and whether this depends on classroom supportive norms. Students (n = 1461, 46.7% girls, 93.4% Han nationality) were surveyed four times from seventh and eighth grade (M[subscript age] = 13 years) in 2015 and 2016 in Central China. Longitudinal social network analyses indicated that having vulnerable friends can both hurt and help vulnerable adolescents. Depressed adolescents with depressed friends increased in victimization over time. Victimized adolescents with victimized friends increased in victimization but decreased in depressive symptoms. These processes were most likely in classrooms with high supportive norms. Having friends and a supportive classroom may hurt vulnerable adolescents' social position but help victims' emotional development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01