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Participants included 10,769 individuals (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      age\u2009=\u200915.6 [SD\u2009=\u20091.7] years at Wave I, 37.6 years [SD\u2009=\u20091.8] at Wave V; 52% girls; 56% Non-Hispanic White). At Wave I, adolescents nominated friends within their school and reported depressed mood frequency. Friends\u2019 depressed mood was the average depressed mood score across adolescents\u2019 friends. Using mixed effects logistic regression we examined the association between friends\u2019 depressed mood and time-varying outcomes (ego depressed mood, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts) alongside outcomes of lifetime diagnoses of depression and anxiety. We also examined whether associations differed by gender.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adolescents\u2019 friends\u2019 depressed mood was longitudinally associated with small increases in the odds of their own depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts up to one year later, during adolescence. There was weak evidence this pattern persisted into adulthood or that it was associated with self-reported diagnoses of depression or anxiety. Gender moderated one association: friends\u2019 depressed mood was associated with a small increase in the odds of suicidal ideation in boys but not girls.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Depressogenic friendship networks in adolescence may increase short, but not long-term, risk of depressed mood and suicidality. 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