Shyness and Socioemotional Functioning in Young Chinese Children: The Moderating Role of Insecure Attachment

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly-Journal of Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2020-10-17 DOI:10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.66.2.0174

Jingjing Zhu, Bowen Xiao, Yan Li, Will E. Hipson, R. Coplan

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Abstract

Abstract:The aim of this short-term longitudinal study was to explore the moderating role of insecure mother–child attachment (i.e., ambivalent and avoidant) in the relations between shyness and indices of adjustment difficulties in early childhood. Participants were 360 children (200 boys and 160 girls, Mage = 4.72 years, SD = 0.63) attending preschools/kindergartens in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. At Time 1, mothers rated children's shyness and insecure attachment. At Time 2, 1½ years later, teachers assessed children's adjustment outcomes at school. Among the results, shyness was negatively associated with sociability, social competence, and internalizing problems. However, both ambivalent and avoidant insecure attachment significantly moderated these associations, exacerbating the relations between shyness and indices of adjustment difficulties. Results are discussed in terms of the contributions of attachment to young shy children's adjustment outcomes.

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中国幼儿害羞与社会情感功能:不安全依恋的调节作用

摘要：这项短期纵向研究的目的是探讨不安全的母子依恋（即矛盾依恋和回避型依恋）在幼儿期害羞与适应困难指数之间的关系中的调节作用。参与者是360名在中华人民共和国上海的幼儿园/幼儿园就读的儿童（200名男孩和160名女孩，Mage=4.72岁，SD=0.63）。在时间1，母亲们对孩子的害羞和缺乏安全感的依恋进行评分。在时间2，1.5年后，老师们评估了孩子们在学校的适应结果。在研究结果中，害羞与社交能力、社交能力和内化问题呈负相关。然而，矛盾型和回避型的不安全依恋都显著调节了这些关联，加剧了害羞与适应困难指数之间的关系。研究结果从依恋对年幼害羞儿童适应结果的贡献方面进行了讨论。

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