“…Although friends can be a source of support, conflict and general challenges managing relationships with friends and other important others can also be a stressor, straining adolescent functioning. The larger literature on life stressors during adolescence suggests that stress exposure is linked to greater internalizing and externalizing symptoms and higher substance use (Cardoso, Goldbach, Cervantes, & Swank, 2016; Grant, Compas, Thurm, McMahon, & Gipson, 2004; Hamilton et al, 2016). Although less commonly investigated, there is evidence that greater peer- and friend-related stress is associated with more negative relational self-views and greater social disengagement (Caldwell, Rudolph, Troop-Gordon, & Kim, 2004).…”