@article{ref1,
title="Internalizing symptoms and friendship stability: longitudinal actor-partner effects in early adolescent best friend dyads",
journal="Journal of early adolescence",
year="2018",
author="Marengo, Davide and Rabaglietti, Emanuela and Tani, Franca",
volume="38",
number="7",
pages="947-965",
abstract="The present study investigated the stability of friendship nominations over the course of a school year as a function of early adolescents' and their classroom best friends' internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety, and somatization). Sample consisted of 156 early adolescents (57.1% female; X⎯⎯⎯X¯<math display=&quot;inline&quot; id=&quot;math1-0272431617704953&quot; overflow=&quot;scroll&quot; altimg=&quot;eq-00001.gif&quot;><mover accent=&quot;true&quot;><mi>X</mi><mo>¯</mo></mover></math> age = 12.62; SD = 0.62) involved in 78 same-sex best friendship dyads. We assessed best friendship (classroom) nominations at beginning (T1) and end (T2) of the school year. <br><br>RESULTS of longitudinal analyses performed with the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model indicated adolescents' and their classroom best friends' depressive symptoms predicted lower stability of best friendships over time, whereas best friends' somatization emerged as a predictor of higher friendship stability. In addition, positive dyadic friendship quality predicted greater stability over time. These findings highlight the importance of employing a dyadic framework when examining the role of internalizing symptoms in friendship stability.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-4316",
doi="10.1177/0272431617704953",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431617704953"
}