Motivations for social withdrawal and socio-emotional functioning among urban/suburban Chinese children

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101787

Xuechen Ding , Alicia McVarnock , Mingxin Li , Robert J. Coplan , Laura L. Ooi , Jie Yu , Biao Sang

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the relations between different motivations for social withdrawal (i.e., shyness, unsociability, social avoidance) and indices of socio-emotional functioning among urban and suburban Chinese children. Participants included 770 children (M_age = 10.98 years) from urban areas and 815 children (M_age = 11.21 years) from suburban areas in mainland China. Motivations for social withdrawal and indices of socio-emotional functioning were assessed via self-reports, peer nominations, and teacher ratings. Results indicated that shyness tended to be more strongly associated with socio-emotional difficulties among urban compared to suburban children. In contrast, the associations between unsociability and indices of maladjustment were stronger among suburban than urban children. For social avoidance, associations with socio-emotional difficulties were significant across groups of both urban and suburban children, but appeared to carry at least some additional risk for urban Chinese children.

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.