Shyness, friendship quality, and adjustment during middle childhood

Article Abstract:

Shy, inhibited behaviour is extremely consistent over time, according to research designed to test the hypothesis that shyness with unfamiliar people could make a child increasingly at risk for adjustment problems of an internalizing nature during middle childhood. No significant connections were identified between friendship quality and observed shyness. It appears that shyness does not preclude or increase the likelihood of the formation of a strong, nonconflictual best friendship. By the age of 10, but not before, involvement in a high quality best friendship is connected with more favourable global self-worth.

Psychological aspects, Children

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Shy girls and boys: a new look

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A new look at shyness in children indicates that both sexes differ greatly across low, medium and high shy groups. High shyness is associated with worries and fears, negative mood, and problem behavior in preschool. Although high shy boys show the highest problem behavior scores in preschool, their maternal interactions are more positive than boys who are high shy in natural settings. The medium shy girls show the most positive maternal interactions compared to medium shy boys as well as high shy girls. Shyness is more acceptable in girls than in boys.

Child development, Sex differences (Psychology)

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4.5 to 7 years: fearful behavior, fears and worries

Article Abstract:

Fears and worries seem according to a study to evolve in an age-appropriate way between the ages of 4.5 and 7 years. Mothers' observations were more consistent than direct ones. Fears and worries are both part of normal childhood development and a precursor to anxiety disorders. There were no gender differences in the study as to consistency except that mothers' reports seemed less consistent but maybe more valid for girls than for boys. At age 7, girls were more worried about family members, while boys worried about their own performance.

Analysis, Fear in children, Childhood fear, Anxiety in children, Childhood anxiety, Inhibition, Inhibition (Psychology)

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