The significance of best friends' motivations for social withdrawal: Associations with socio-emotional adjustment in Chinese children and adolescents.

IF 4.6 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Research on Adolescence Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1111/jora.13043

Mingxin Li, Jie Yu, Robert J Coplan, Julie C Bowker, Gangmin Xu, Xuechen Ding

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Abstract

This study applied the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) to simultaneously consider whether, and how, motivations for social withdrawal among Chinese children and adolescents (actor effects) and their best friends (partner effects) uniquely contributed to indices of socio-emotional adjustment. Participants were 101 same-gender best friend dyads (46 boys, M_age = 12.17 years, SD = 1.39) in mainland China. Among the results, actor effects were found such that youths' own shyness and unsociability were related uniquely to the socio-emotional adjustment outcomes. In addition, partner effects were found such that best friend's shyness and unsociability were related uniquely to youths' social preferences and depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the important role of best friends' motivations for social withdrawal in explaining variability in Chinese youths' socio-emotional adjustment and well-being.

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好友对社会退缩动机的意义：与中国儿童和青少年社会情绪适应的关系。

本研究运用行动者-伴侣相互依赖模型（APIM）同时考察了中国儿童青少年的社会退缩动机（行动者效应）和好友动机（伴侣效应）是否以及如何对社会情绪适应指标产生独特的影响。研究对象为101对来自中国大陆的同性好友二人组（46对男生，年龄12.17岁，SD = 1.39）。其中，行动者效应发现，青少年自身的害羞和不合群与社会情绪适应结果有独特的关系。此外，研究还发现，最好的朋友的害羞和不合群与青少年的社交偏好和抑郁症状有独特的关系。这些发现强调了好友的社交退缩动机在解释中国青少年社会情绪适应和幸福感差异方面的重要作用。

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Journal of Research on Adolescence Multiple-

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6.90

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Multidisciplinary and international in scope, the Journal of Research on Adolescence (JRA) significantly advances knowledge in the field of adolescent research. Employing a diverse array of methodologies, this compelling journal publishes original research and integrative reviews of the highest level of scholarship. Featured studies include both quantitative and qualitative methodologies applied to cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development and behavior. Articles pertinent to the variety of developmental patterns inherent throughout adolescence are featured, including cross-national and cross-cultural studies. Attention is given to normative patterns of behavior as well as individual differences rooted in personal or social and cultural factors.