@article{63d16f661f574b69aa4fe25a01f89182,
title = "Does having vulnerable friends help vulnerable youth? The co-evolution of friendships, victimization, and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents' social networks",
abstract = "This study examined whether having vulnerable friends helps or hurts victimized and depressed (i.e., vulnerable) adolescents and whether this depends on classroom supportive norms. Students (n = 1461, 46.7% girls, 93.4% Han nationality) were surveyed four times from seventh and eighth grade (Mage = 13 years) in 2015 and 2016 in Central China. Longitudinal social network analyses indicated that having vulnerable friends can both hurt and help vulnerable adolescents. Depressed adolescents with depressed friends increased in victimization over time. Victimized adolescents with victimized friends increased in victimization but decreased in depressive symptoms. These processes were most likely in classrooms with high supportive norms. Having friends and a supportive classroom may hurt vulnerable adolescents' social position but help victims' emotional development.",
author = "Xingna Qin and Lydia Laninga-Wijnen and Christian Steglich and Yunyun Zhang and Ping Ren and Ren{\'e} Veenstra",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the schools, teachers, and adolescents who participated in this project. This study was financially supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China [Grant Number: 20BSH067] and the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The data and code necessary to reproduce the analyses presented here are publicly accessible, as are the materials necessary to attempt to replicate the findings. The analyses presented here were not preregistered. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Xingna Qin, University of Groningen, Department Sociology, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands; or Ping Ren, Beijing Normal University, No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. Funding Information: This study was financially supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China [Grant Number: 20BSH067] and the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The analyses presented here were not preregistered. The data and code necessary to reproduce the analyses presented here are publicly accessible, as are the materials necessary to attempt to replicate the findings. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.",
year = "2023",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1111/cdev.13945",
language = "English",
volume = "94",
pages = "1531--1549",
journal = "Child Development",
issn = "0009-3920",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "6",
}