The four-way interaction between NCS, stressors, pubertal status, and gender approached significance ( β = −.10, p = .08), indicating that the interaction between NCS and stressors was only significant in boys who perceived their pubertal status as high ( β = .42, p = .007).
Results showed that although the four-way interaction between NCS, stressors, gender, and age was significant while the four-way interaction with pubertal status was marginally significant, the interpretation of these interactions was largely similar, i.e., NCS and depressive symptoms were significantly related only in the presence of many stressors in middle to late adolescent boys (or in boys reporting a high pubertal status).