Longitudinal links between adolescent social anxiety and depressive symptoms: stressful experiences at home, in school and with peers
Author(s)
Tillfors, Maria
Van Zalk, Nejra
Boersma, Katja
Anniko, Malin
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Social anxiety and depressive symptoms often co-occur during early adolescence but contributing factors to this development are still a matter of debate. This study examined the role of daily stressors (peers, school and homelife) in the links between adolescent social anxiety and depressive symptoms. 7-8th graders at Time 1 (N = 2,752, Mage = 13.65; 47.5% girls) were followed across three time-points. Cross-lagged path models showed that depressive symptoms predicted later social anxiety, but not vice versa. Bidirectional links were identified between peer stress and social anxiety, and between school/homelife stress and depressive symptoms, respectively. Indirect effects of social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and daily stressors were found, though stressors did not mediate the links between social anxiety and depressive symptoms (or vice versa). Our findings indicate an intricate role of daily stressors in different domains on the links between social anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Date Issued
2024-05-01
Date Acceptance
2023-01-31
Citation
Nordic Psychology, 2024, 76 (2), pp.230-249
ISSN
0029-1463
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Start Page
230
End Page
249
Journal / Book Title
Nordic Psychology
Volume
76
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use,distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered,transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of theAccepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Identifier
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19012276.2023.2183583
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-03-15