The Role of Maternal Behavior in the Relation between Shyness and Social Reticence in Early Childhood and Social Withdrawal in Middle Childhood
The Role of Maternal Behavior in the Relation between Shyness and Social Reticence in Early Childhood and Social Withdrawal in Middle Childhood
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00481.x
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Fox, Nathan A.
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作者：
Hane, Amie Ashley;Cheah, Charissa;Fox, Nathan A.
研究了母亲行为对学龄前社交沉默和害羞以及随后的社交退缩之间关系的调节作用。对 80 名儿童（47 名女性）在四岁时与不熟悉的同龄人玩耍时的社交沉默程度进行了评估，母亲们完成了科罗拉多州儿童气质调查表（CCTI）。七岁时，研究人员对孩子们在同伴游戏中的社交退缩程度进行了编码，并在结构化和非结构化活动中对母亲和孩子进行了观察。两个显着的交互作用表明，当母亲缺乏积极性时，母亲的害羞报告是七岁时社交退缩的积极预测因素；而当母亲高度消极时，观察到的社交沉默与较高程度的社交退缩相关。母亲的积极性和消极性对儿童时期社交退缩的发展有不同的影响，因此母亲的消极性与有社交退缩史的儿童的社会功能较差有关；而对于被认为性格害羞的学龄前儿童来说，母亲的积极性与更好的社会结果相关。
The moderating effect of maternal behavior in the relations between social reticence and shyness in preschool and subsequent social withdrawal was investigated. Eighty children (47 females) were judged for degree of social reticence during play with unfamiliar peers at the age of four and mothers completed the Colorado child temperament inventory (CCTI). At the age of seven, the children were coded for degree of social withdrawal during peer play and mothers and children were observed during structured and unstructured activities. Two significant interaction effects indicated that maternal report of shyness was a positive predictor of age-seven social withdrawal when mothers lacked positivity; whereas observed social reticence was associated with higher degrees of social withdrawal when mothers were highly negative. Maternal positivity and negativity differentially influenced the development of social withdrawal in childhood, such that maternal negativity is associated with poor social functioning in children who have an established history of social withdrawal; whereas maternal positivity is associated with better social outcome for preschoolers who are viewed as temperamentally shy.