Yiqun Yang

Best friends’ and adolescents’ depressive symptoms in early adolescence: gendered pathways and distinct roles of peer acceptance

Introduction Although best friends’ depressive symptoms have been linked to adolescents’ own depressive symptoms, inconsistent findings point to the need to examine potential pathways and the peer-status contexts in which these links unfold. Methods Using cross-sectional data from 939 Chinese early adolescents (Mage =...