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Coplan, Robert J.; Weeks, Murray – Infant and Child Development, 2009
The goal of this study was to examine the moderating role of pragmatic language in the relations between shyness and indices of socio-emotional adjustment in an unselected sample of early elementary school children. In particular, we sought to explore whether pragmatic language played a protective role for shy children. Participants were n = 167…
Descriptors: Shyness, Intervention, Emotional Adjustment, Grade 1
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de la Barra, Flora; Toledo, Virginia; Rodriguez, Jorge – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
Five hundred and thirty five Chilean schoolchildren were evaluated with a test-retest procedure using teacher and parent questionnaires in first and sixth grade, respectively, and a measure of self-esteem in sixth grade. According to teachers' ratings, disobedience/aggression, shyness and hyperactivity persisted. Crosspredictions were found:…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Grade 1