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Ladd, Gary W.; Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Ettekal, Idean; Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Tenets of the Boivin et al. (1995) social process model were reexamined with two longitudinal samples using both the original and contemporary analytic strategies. Study goals included reconstructing (e.g., quasireplicating) Boivin et al.'s (1995) original findings and evaluating hypothesized relations across both comparable and longer…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Depression (Psychology), Children, Elementary School Students
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Desmarais, Eric E.; French, Brian F.; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim; Gonzalez-Salinas, Carmen; Kozlova, Elena; Slobodskaya, Helena; Benga, Oana; Majdandžic, Mirjana; Beijers, Roseriet; de Weerth, Carolina; Huitron, Blanca; Lee, Eun Gyoung; Han, Sae-Young; Park, Seong-Yeon; Giusti, Lorenzo; Montirosso, Rosario; Tuovinen, Soile; Heinonen, Kati; Raikkonen, Katri; Wang, Zhengyan; Lecannelier, Felipe; Linhares, Maria Beatriz Martins; Casalin, Sara; Putnam, Samuel P.; Gartstein, Maria A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
This study advances the cross-cultural temperament literature by comparing temperament ratings of toddlers from 14 nations. Multilevel modeling (MLM) procedures were utilized to regress negative emotionality (NE) and component subscales on Hofstede's cultural value dimensions while controlling for age and gender. More individualistic values were…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Personality Traits, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response
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Sang, Biao; Ding, Xuechen; Coplan, Robert J.; Liu, Junsheng; Pan, Tingting; Feng, Xingyi – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The goals of the present study were to (a) develop and validate a new self-report measure of social avoidance for use among early adolescents in mainland China and (b) explore the links between subtypes of social withdrawal (i.e., shyness, unsociability, and social avoidance) and indices of socio-emotional difficulties in this cultural context.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Withdrawal (Psychology), Elementary School Students
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Eggum, Natalie D.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Reiser, Mark; Gaertner, Bridget M.; Sallquist, Julie; Smith, Cynthia L. – Infancy, 2009
The relations of childhood fearfulness (observed and adult reported) and adult-reported shyness at 18 (n = 256) and 30 (n = 230) months of age were assessed. Fear was positively related to shyness concurrently and longitudinally, but slightly more consistently at 18 months. The moderating roles of observed maternal sensitivity and children's sex…
Descriptors: Shyness, Mothers, Daughters, Affective Behavior
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Coplan, Robert J.; Girardi, Alberta; Findlay, Leanne C.; Frohlick, Sherri L. – Social Development, 2007
The goal of the present study was to explore young children's attitudes and responses to different forms of social withdrawal by eliciting responses to hypothetical vignettes. Participants included 137 children (49 boys, 88 girls) in kindergarten and grade 1 classes (M[subscript age] = 75.94 months, SD = 9.03) in Ottawa, Canada. Parents rated…
Descriptors: Shyness, Young Children, Child Behavior, Foreign Countries
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Rubin, Kenneth H.; Cheah, Charissa S. L.; Fox, Nathan – Early Education and Development, 2001
Examined social reticence and its association with the quality of parenting behaviors. Found that children's shy, socially reticent behavior was predicted by the extent to which mothers were over-solicitous during free-play. Suggested that early childhood educators offer reticent-shy children opportunities to explore their personal and social…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Developmental Psychology, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
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Wichmann, Cherami; Coplan, Robert J.; Daniels, Tina – Social Development, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the social cognitions of peer-identified socially withdrawn children. Participants included 457 children from grades four, five and six (54% females, 46% males). Children completed a selection of self- and peer-report measures including: (1) peer-rated behavioral nominations; (2) hostile intent biases and…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Self Efficacy, Conflict Resolution, Social Cognition