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To examine the long-term adult social consequences of mild to moderate subclinical depressive symptoms experienced during early adolescence.

January 21, 2014Development and PsychopathologyOpen Access

Long-term sequelae of subclinical depressive symptoms in early adolescence

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JAJoseph P. AllenUniversity of Virginia JCJoanna M. ChangoHarvard University DSDavid E. SzwedoJames Madison University

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Longitudinal cohort study reveals early adolescent depressive symptoms predict impaired adult relationships and loneliness, highlighting the need to address mild youth depression.

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To examine the long-term adult social consequences of mild to moderate subclinical depressive symptoms experienced during early adolescence.
Prospective multimethod, multireporter longitudinal study tracking a diverse community sample of 179 adolescents from age 14 to age 24.
Assessed early adolescent depressive symptoms alongside subsequent maternal relationship quality, romantic partner interactions, and loneliness, controlling for baseline social functioning and concurrent adult depressive symptoms.
Mild to moderate depressive symptoms at age 14 significantly predicted reduced maternal relationship quality, fewer positive romantic interactions, and higher loneliness at age 24.
The associations between adolescent depressive symptoms and adult social deficits were partially mediated by late adolescent social avoidance and poorer maternal relationship quality.

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Allen et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd2df00a7b4bc8c4100eb6 https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457941300093x

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Longitudinal cohort study reveals early adolescent depressive symptoms predict impaired adult relationships and loneliness, highlighting the need to address mild youth depression.

Long-term sequelae of subclinical depressive symptoms in early adolescence

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Long-term sequelae of subclinical depressive symptoms in early adolescence

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