There is mixed evidence for depression socialization, a process by which friends affect each other’s level of depressive symptoms. The current study examined whether adolescents’ baseline depressive symptoms and three dimensions of autonomous functioning (autonomy, peer resistance, and friend adaptation) make adolescents more or less sensitive to depression socialization, and how these dimensions of autonomous functioning were connected. In this preregistered, two-wave longitudinal study, participants completed questionnaires on depressive symptoms, autonomy, and peer resistance and participated in a task to assess friend adaptation. Participants were 416 Dutch adolescents (M_age = 11.60, 52.8% girls) across 230 close friend dyads. In contrast to expectations, results showed no significant depression socialization nor significant moderation. Furthermore, autonomy and peer resistance were related but distinct constructs, and not related to friend adaptation. These findings suggest that there is no depression socialization in early adolescence, regardless of level of autonomous functioning.

关于抑郁症社会化的证据有好有坏，这是一个朋友影响彼此抑郁症状水平的过程。目前的研究探讨了青少年的基线抑郁症状和自主功能的三个维度（自主、同伴抵抗和朋友适应）是否使青少年对抑郁社交更加敏感或不敏感，以及这些自主功能维度之间是如何联系的。在这项预先登记的两波纵向研究中，参与者完成了有关抑郁症状、自主性和同伴抵抗力的调查问卷，并参与了评估朋友适应的任务。参与者是 230 名亲密朋友中的 416 名荷兰青少年（M_年龄 = 11.60，52.8% 是女孩）。与预期相反，结果显示没有显着的抑郁症社会化，也没有显着的缓解。此外，自主性和同伴抵抗是相关但不同的结构，与朋友适应无关。这些发现表明，无论自主功能水平如何，青春期早期都不存在抑郁症社会化。