Withdrawn and Acting out?: Early Adolescents' Social Avoidance and Externalizing Problems.

Autor: Clifford BN; Arizona State University., Eggum ND; Arizona State University., An D; Arizona State University., Clifford S; Arizona State University., Lemery-Chalfant K; Arizona State University.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence [J Res Adolesc] 2022 Jun; Vol. 32 (2), pp. 711-719. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 06.
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12642
Abstrakt: Relative to other motivations of social withdrawal (i.e., shyness, unsociability), social avoidance is understudied. Furthermore, the relation between social avoidance and externalizing problems seldom has been investigated despite reasons to expect an association. We examined the association between social avoidance and externalizing problems using a sample of early adolescents in the United States using parents' reports (N = 294; 54.1% boys; M age = 12.43 years). Supporting our hypotheses, structural equation models indicated that social avoidance positively predicted concurrent externalizing problems, controlling for shyness, unsociability, and internalizing problems (including depression and anxiety). Findings highlight that socially avoidant adolescents' behaviors may include avoiding others as well as acting out. Longitudinal work is needed to examine the potential bidirectional relations between social avoidance and externalizing problems.
(© 2021 Society for Research on Adolescence.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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