Kids got the blues? Maybe they don't have enough friends

Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Friendless kids can become social outcasts who risk spiraling into depression by adolescence, according to new research. Yet for most shy and withdrawn children, the study reports that friends can be a form of protection against sadness.

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