Positive and negative expressions of shyness in toddlers: are they related to anxiety in the same way?
| Autor: | Cristina Colonnesi, Elisa Napoleone, Susan M. Bögels |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Developmental Psychopathology (RICDE, FMG) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Child Behavior Psychology Child Anxiety Shyness Developmental psychology Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Expressed emotion Personality Social Behavior Temperament media_common Social anxiety Loneliness Expressed Emotion Distress Child Preschool Female medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(4), 624-637. American Psychological Association |
| ISSN: | 0022-3514 |
| Popis: | Shyness has generally been investigated as a negative and unpleasant emotional state, strongly related to social anxiety and loneliness. However, recent evidence has suggested that shyness may have a positive and socially adaptive form. We examined whether the positive expression of shyness differs from the negative expression of shyness during toddlerhood, and whether a negative relation to anxiety exists. Participants were 30-month-old children (N=102; 56 girls) who were asked to mimic animal sounds with a novel person (performance) and then to watch their performance (self-watching). Their expression of pleasure (positive reactions) and distress (negative reactions), as well as their positive and negative expressions of shyness, were coded. Children's temperamental level of shyness, sociability, and anxiety were measured with parent-reported questionnaires. Toddlers produced more positive and negative displays of shyness in the performance task than in the self-watching task. Children's positive expression of shyness was associated with lower parent-reported anxiety and higher sociability. Negative reactions, but not negative shyness, were related to children's higher anxiety levels and lower sociability. Multiple linear regression analyses confirmed a negative predictive role of the positive expression of shyness on anxiety. These results suggest that the positive expression of shyness can regulate early anxiety symptoms and already serves a social function in interpersonal interactions in early childhood. |
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