1. Longitudinal Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Preference for Solitude Among Chinese Early Adolescents: Separating Between-Person from Within-Person Effects.
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Zheng, Kejun, Coplan, Robert J., Chen, Xinyin, and Bian, Yufang
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STRUCTURAL equation modeling , *MIDDLE schools , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *SELF-evaluation , *MATHEMATICAL models , *GOODNESS-of-fit tests , *SOCIAL isolation , *RISK assessment , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *ADOLESCENT psychology , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *MENTAL depression , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *THEORY , *CHI-squared test , *DATA analysis software , *CHILD psychology , *LONGITUDINAL method , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
The goal of this study was to explore longitudinal associations between preference for solitude (PFS) and depressive symptoms among early adolescents in mainland China, with a focus on separating between-person and within-person effects using a random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM). Participants were N = 1039 Chinese early adolescents (M age= 12.37, 46.1% girls, at Time 1), who completed annual self-reports of depressive symptoms and peer-nominations of PFS over a 3-years period. Results revealed that fluctuations in depressive symptoms consistently predicted fluctuations in PFS 1 year later, but not vice versa, supporting a symptoms-driven model. Findings are discussed in terms of the role of depressive symptoms in promoting subsequent PFS among early adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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