Shy, but funny? Examining peer-valued characteristics as moderators of the associations between anxious-withdrawal and peer outcomes during early adolescence.
Shy, but funny? Examining peer-valued characteristics as moderators of the associations between anxious-withdrawal and peer outcomes during early adolescence.
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害羞，但有趣？
DOI：
10.1007/s10964-014-0113-z
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Bowker,JulieC
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作者：
Markovic,Andrea;Bowker,JulieC
研究表明，与焦虑退缩相关的群体水平的同伴结果存在显著的异质性，但人们对青春期早期这种异质性的可能来源知之甚少。这项研究对271名青少年(49%为女性；11.54%为女性)进行了研究，考察了在考虑了参与相互友谊的影响后，同伴提名的焦虑退缩行为与三个群体水平的同伴结果(公开受害、同伴接受、受欢迎)之间的同时和短期纵向(3个月)关联是否随着同伴价值观特征(幽默、亲社会行为、身体吸引力、运动能力)和性别的变化而变化。回归分析表明，焦虑-退缩和同伴结果之间的联系受到同伴价值特征的调节，在许多情况下，还受到性别的影响。例如，在所有亲社会行为较高的青少年中，焦虑退缩与公开受害呈正相关。但是，对于亲社会行为高的青春期男孩和低亲社会行为的青春期女孩，焦虑退缩与受欢迎程度呈负相关。焦虑-退缩也预示着高幽默感的青春期女孩的接受度会上升，而高幽默度的青春期男孩的接受度会下降。研究发现，仅对男孩有几种额外的调节效应。这一发现突显了在群体层面的社会复杂性研究中，考虑焦虑退缩的青少年所表现出的独特特征的重要性。
Research has revealed significant heterogeneity in the group-level peer outcomes associated with anxious-withdrawal, but little is known about possible sources of this heterogeneity during early adolescence. This study of 271 young adolescents (49 % female;Mage = 11.54 years) examined whether the concurrent and short-term longitudinal (3 month period) associations between peer-nominated anxious-withdrawn behaviors and three group-level peer outcomes (overt victimization, peer acceptance, popularity) varied as a function of peer-valued characteristics (humor, prosocial behavior, physical attractiveness, athletic ability) and gender, after accounting for the effects of involvement in mutual friendships. Regression analyses revealed that the associations between anxious-withdrawal and peer outcomes were moderated by peer-valued characteristics and, in many cases, gender. For example, anxious-withdrawal was related positively to overt victimization for all adolescents who were high in prosocial behavior. But, anxious-withdrawal was related negatively to popularity for adolescent boys who were high in prosocial behavior and adolescent girls who were low in prosocial behavior. Anxious-withdrawal also predicted increases in acceptance for adolescent girls who were high in humor, but decreases in acceptance for adolescent boys who were high in humor. Several additional moderator effects were found for boys only. The findings highlight the importance of considering the unique constellation of characteristics displayed by anxious-withdrawn young adolescents in studies on peer experiences at the group-level of social complexity.