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13-01-2025 | Empirical Research

Relational Victimization, Coping Styles and Depressive Symptoms: A Test of Bidirectional Associations in Adolescence

Auteurs: Mengyao Wang, Hao Zheng, Lili Song, Minghui Wang, Yueyue Zhou, Zhengkui Liu

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 5/2025

Abstract

Although evidence from previous studies suggests that adolescents with negative coping styles who experienced victimization are more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms, these associations have not yet been disentangled to separate between-person differences from within-person effects. To investigate the within-person bidirectional relationships among relational victimization, coping styles and depressive symptoms, this study conducted a four-wave random intercept cross-lagged panel model analysis. The final sample consisted of 1506 adolescents, 72.6% of whom were male, with a mean age of 10.90 years (SD = 1.12) at the first time point. The findings revealed a prospective within-person association between relational victimization and depressive symptoms, and a reciprocal within-person relationship between depressive symptoms and avoidance coping. The approach coping style negatively predicted depressive symptoms over time, whereas depressive symptoms did not affect the approach coping style. These findings show how depressive symptoms, relational victimization, and coping styles are related at the individual level, extending previous research through the demonstration of stable within-person associations over time.

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Titel: Relational Victimization, Coping Styles and Depressive Symptoms: A Test of Bidirectional Associations in Adolescence
Auteurs: Mengyao Wang
Hao Zheng
Lili Song
Minghui Wang
Yueyue Zhou
Zhengkui Liu
Publicatiedatum: 13-01-2025
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 5/2025
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02134-z

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