The role of social support in differentiating trajectories of adolescent depressed mood

This study explored the extent to which disaggregated support from family, peers, close friendships, teachers, and schools predicted membership into identified, sex-specific trajectories of depressed mood in 3210 Australian adolescents (49% females) based on self-report data collected at four annual time points from school Grade 6 to 9 (ages 10–16).

Citation:
Gregory D, Turnbull D, Bednarz J, Gregory T. The role of social support in differentiating trajectories of adolescent depressed mood. Journal of Adolescence. 2020;85:1-11.

Keywords:
Depression; Social support; Friendship; School climate; Wellbeing; Group based trajectory modelling

Abstract:
This study explored the extent to which disaggregated support from family, peers, close friendships, teachers, and schools predicted membership into identified, sex-specific trajectories of depressed mood in 3210 Australian adolescents (49% females) based on self-report data collected at four annual time points from school Grade 6 to 9 (ages 10–16).