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Examining Links between Motivations for Social Withdrawal, Time Spent Alone, and Indices of Internalizing Problems in Childhood and Early Adolescence
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Stefania Sette; Matilde Brunetti; Giulia Pecora; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emiddia Longobardi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
This study investigated links between motivations for social withdrawal, time spent alone, and indices of internalizing difficulties. Participants were 169 (n = 96 girls) children and early adolescents aged 8-14 years (M[subscript age] = 10.82, SD = 1.78). Children completed self-report measures of motivations for social withdrawal (shyness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Social Isolation
The Influence of Asynchronous Video Communication on Learner Social Presence: A Narrative Analysis of Four Cases
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Borup, Jered; West, Richard E.; Graham, Charles R. – Distance Education, 2013
Online courses are increasingly using asynchronous video communication. However, little is known about how asynchronous video communication influences students' communication patterns. This study presents four narratives of students with varying characteristics who engaged in asynchronous video communication. The extrovert valued the efficiency of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Video Technology, Asynchronous Communication, Context Effect
Predicting Peer Acceptance in Dutch Youth: A Multilevel Analysis
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Lubbers, Miranda; Van Der Werf, Margaretha; Kuyper, Hans; Offringa, G. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2006
This article uses an ecological approach to predict students' peer acceptance within junior high school classes. The authors investigate whether various characteristics (self-perception of physical attractiveness and athletic competence, cognitive ability, agreeableness, extraversion, age, parents education, number of siblings, siblings at same…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Peer Acceptance, Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics
The Role of Students' Personality Characteristics, Self-Perceived Competence and Learning Conceptions in the Acquisition and Development of Social Communicative Competence: A Longitudinal Study
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Bakx, A. W. E. A.; Van der Sanden, J. M. M.; Sijtsma, K.; Croon, M. A.; Vermetten, Y. J. M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
An important purpose of higher social work education is to guide students to acquire and develop social-communicative competencies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role students' personality characteristics, self-perceived communicative competence and learning conceptions play in the acquisition and development of…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Student Characteristics, Personality Traits, Higher Education
Temperament Based Personality, Socialization, and Behavior in Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders and General Education Students.
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Kemp, Dawn E.; Center, David B. – 2001
This paper discusses the outcomes of a study that examined Hans Eysenck's antisocial behavioral hypothesis (ASB). Eysenck's theory of personality has three temperament-based traits: Psychoticism (P), Extraversion (E), and Neuroticism (N). His ASB hypothesis predicts that individuals high on P, E, and N with poor socialization are at the greatest…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
Working with Shy or Withdrawn Students. ERIC Digest.
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Brophy, Jere – 1996
This ERIC digest focuses on students who are commonly described as shy (inhibited, lacking in confidence, socially anxious) or withdrawn (unresponsive, uncommunicative, or daydreaming). Symptoms of shyness or withdrawal may appear as part of the student's overall personality or as a situation-specific response to a particular stress factor.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Bibliotherapy