Nilsen W, et al. - Using data from the Tracking Opportunities and Problems Study (TOPP), authors scrutinized the longitudinal interplay between maternal-reported psychological distress in early childhood (age 1.5), and offspring reports on social skills and depressive symptoms in early (age 12.5) and middle adolescence (age 14.5). Nuances in the role of social skills for adolescent depressive symptoms were underscored during this study. These exhibited the potential to be both adaptive as well as maladaptive for some subgroups (those experiencing maternal psychological distress). Yielded data demonstrated significant implications for social skill programs.