Co-rumination buffers the link between social anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adolescence
Author(s)
Van Zalk, Nejra
Tillfors, Maria
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Objectives
We examined whether co-rumination with online friends buffered the link between social anxiety and depressive symptoms over time in a community sample.
Methods
In a sample of 526 participants (358 girls; M age = 14.05) followed at three time points, we conducted a latent cross-lagged model with social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and co-rumination, controlling for friendship stability and friendship quality, and adding a latent interaction between social anxiety and co-rumination predicting depressive symptoms.
Results
Social anxiety predicted depressive symptoms, but no direct links between social anxiety and co-rumination emerged. Instead, co-rumination buffered the link between social anxiety and depressive symptoms for adolescents with higher but not lower levels of social anxiety.
Conclusions
These findings indicate that co-rumination exerted a positive influence on interpersonal relationships by diminishing the influence from social anxiety on depressive symptoms over time.
We examined whether co-rumination with online friends buffered the link between social anxiety and depressive symptoms over time in a community sample.
Methods
In a sample of 526 participants (358 girls; M age = 14.05) followed at three time points, we conducted a latent cross-lagged model with social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and co-rumination, controlling for friendship stability and friendship quality, and adding a latent interaction between social anxiety and co-rumination predicting depressive symptoms.
Results
Social anxiety predicted depressive symptoms, but no direct links between social anxiety and co-rumination emerged. Instead, co-rumination buffered the link between social anxiety and depressive symptoms for adolescents with higher but not lower levels of social anxiety.
Conclusions
These findings indicate that co-rumination exerted a positive influence on interpersonal relationships by diminishing the influence from social anxiety on depressive symptoms over time.
Date Issued
2017-08-22
Date Acceptance
2017-07-13
Citation
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2017, 11, pp.1-12
ISSN
1753-2000
Publisher
BioMed Central
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Volume
11
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license,
and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/
publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license,
and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/
publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000408171900001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Social anxiety
Depressive symptoms
Co-rumination
Online friends
Early adolescence
PEER RELATIONS
FIT INDEXES
TRADE-OFFS
FRIENDSHIPS
INTERNET
ASSOCIATIONS
ADJUSTMENT
ONLINE
PHOBIA
GIRLS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 41
Date Publish Online
2017-08-22