Encouraging a Peer in Need: The Impacts of Social Anxiety and Peer Familiarity.

IF 1.6 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Social Development Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Epub Date: 2022-10-20 DOI:10.1111/sode.12648
Sebastian P Dys, Catherine A Burrows, Lauren V Usher, Alisa N Almas, Kathryn A Degnan, Nathan A Fox, Heather A Henderson
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Abstract

Extant research has produced conflicting findings regarding the link between social fearfulness and prosocial behavior, with some studies reporting negative relations and others reporting null effects. Furthermore, these studies have focused predominantly on toddlerhood, and few have examined prosociality between peers. The present study investigated whether the link between social anxiety and a prosocial behavior (i.e., providing encouragement) varied depending on interpersonal and situational factors (i.e., one's familiarity with a peer, the level of support sought by a peer, respectively). We tested this question using a multimethod approach, which included an ecologically valid stress inducing task and dyadic design with a sample of 9- to 10-year-olds (N = 447). Results revealed that social anxiety was related negatively to providing encouragement among familiar and unfamiliar dyads. In familiar dyads, however, this main effect was qualified by an interaction with the level of support sought by one's peer. Compared to those low in social anxiety, children high in social anxiety provided relatively less encouragement in response to higher levels of support seeking from their peers. The findings are considered in relation to theorizing regarding the effect of overarousal on children's prosocial behavior.

鼓励需要帮助的同伴社交焦虑和同伴熟悉度的影响
关于社交恐惧与亲社会行为之间的联系,现有研究得出了相互矛盾的结论,一些研究报告了负面关系,而另一些研究则报告了无效影响。此外,这些研究主要集中在幼儿期,很少有研究对同龄人之间的亲社会行为进行考察。本研究探讨了社交焦虑与亲社会行为(即提供鼓励)之间的联系是否会因人际因素和情境因素(即一个人与同伴的熟悉程度、同伴寻求支持的程度等)的不同而变化。我们采用多种方法对这一问题进行了测试,其中包括生态学上有效的压力诱导任务和以 9 至 10 岁儿童(人数=447)为样本的二元组设计。结果显示,在熟悉和不熟悉的二人组中,社交焦虑与提供鼓励呈负相关。然而,在熟悉的二人组中,这种主效应与同伴寻求支持的程度之间存在相互作用。与社交焦虑程度低的儿童相比,社交焦虑程度高的儿童在寻求同伴更高水平的支持时提供的鼓励相对较少。这些研究结果与过度焦虑对儿童亲社会行为的影响这一理论有关。
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Social Development
Social Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
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3.80
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期刊介绍: Social Development is a major international journal dealing with all aspects of children"s social development as seen from a psychological stance. Coverage includes a wide range of topics such as social cognition, peer relationships, social interaction, attachment formation, emotional development and children"s theories of mind. The main emphasis is placed on development in childhood, but lifespan, cross-species and cross-cultural perspectives enhancing our understanding of human development are also featured.
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