INTRODUCTION This study investigated a theoretically derived peer conversation style, problem anxiety talk, to examine the emotional regulation of anxiety in dyads as a possible mechanism of anxiety contagion that occurs between adolescent friends. METHODS In Study 1, 376 late adolescents residing in the United States, ages 17-24 with 68% female, responded to measures of anxiety, worry, friendship quality, depression, co-rumination, and a new measure of problem anxiety talk. In Study 2 problem anxiety talk, stress, anxiety and depression were evaluated in 481 late adolescents, ages 17-24 with 64% female. RESULTS Once controlling for worry and co-rumination, problem anxiety talk with a close friend predicted anxiety, stress and depression for both samples of late adolescents. Factor analysis in each sample supported problem anxiety talk as a single factor with high internal consistency. CONCLUSIONS Findings indicate that problem anxiety talk is a distinct construct representing interpersonal disclosures between friends involving threat perception, likelihood of negative events, and lack of coping skills; results also indicate that problem anxiety talk is associated with anxiety, stress, worry, and depression. Implications of problem anxiety talk in its potential role in the etiology and spread of anxiety are discussed.

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为什么要和朋友一起担心？青春期晚期友谊中的问题谈话和焦虑。

简介 本研究调查了一种从理论上得出的同伴对话方式，即问题焦虑谈话，以检查二人对焦虑的情绪调节，作为青少年朋友之间发生焦虑传染的一种可能机制。方法 在研究 1 中，376 名居住在美国的晚期青少年，年龄在 17-24 岁之间，其中 68% 是女性，对焦虑、担忧、友谊质量、抑郁、共同反省和问题焦虑谈话的新措施做出回应。在研究 2 中，对 481 名年龄在 17-24 岁的晚期青少年的问题焦虑谈话、压力、焦虑和抑郁进行了评估，其中 64% 为女性。结果 一旦控制了忧虑和共同反刍，与密友的问题焦虑谈话预测了两个晚期青少年样本的焦虑、压力和抑郁。每个样本中的因素分析支持问题焦虑谈话作为具有高内部一致性的单一因素。结论 调查结果表明，问题焦虑谈话是一种独特的结构，代表朋友之间的人际关系披露，涉及威胁感知、负面事件的可能性和缺乏应对技巧；结果还表明，问题焦虑谈话与焦虑、压力、担忧和抑郁有关。讨论了问题焦虑谈话在焦虑的病因学和传播中的潜在作用。结果还表明，问题焦虑谈话与焦虑、压力、担忧和抑郁有关。讨论了问题焦虑谈话在焦虑的病因学和传播中的潜在作用。结果还表明，问题焦虑谈话与焦虑、压力、担忧和抑郁有关。讨论了问题焦虑谈话在焦虑的病因学和传播中的潜在作用。