Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Intercorrelations Among Main Study Variables.

				Attachment			Teen empathic support provision			Close friends’ support-seeking
	N	M	(SD)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Attachment (age 14)
1. Security	174	.25	(.42)	-	−.94***	−.55***	.42***	.40***	.12	.32***	.32***	.06
2. Dismissing	174	.05	(.43)		-	.46***	−.40***	−.39***	−.12	−.32***	−.32***	−.08
3. Preoccupation	174	−.03	(.23)			-	−.26**	−.13	−.04	−.12	−.15	.05
Teen empathic support provision
4. Empathic support, age 16	139	2.28	(.58)				-			.70***	.35***	.21*
5. Empathic support, age 17	139	2.33	(.52)					-		.49***	.72***	.12
6. Empathic support, age 18	129	2.33	(.59)						-	.17	.17	.71***
Close friends’ support-seeking
7. Support-seeking, age 16	139	1.71	(.70)							-	.44**	.24*
8. Support-seeking, age 17	139	1.71	(.75)								-	.23*
9. Support-seeking, age 18	129	1.69	(.62)									-

Note. Teen empathic support provision is a composite of emotional support provision, instrumental support provision, engagement, and interpretation of the peer’s problem at each time point. Friends’ support-seeking is a composite of friends’ calls for emotional support and calls for instrumental support at each time point.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001,

two-tailed.