Distinguishing types of social withdrawal in children: Internalizing and externalizing outcomes of conflicted shyness versus social disinterest across childhood |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States;2. Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States;1. University of Washington, United States;2. University of Oregon, United States;3. UCLA Semel Institute, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, United States;2. Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, PO Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, United States;2. T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, PO Box 873701, Tempe, AZ 85287-3701, United States;1. Michigan State University, United States;2. University of Michigan, United States;3. University of Minnesota, United States;1. Osaka Prefecture University, Japan;2. Hiroshima University, Japan;3. Tilburg University, Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Little research has examined the effect of subtypes of social withdrawal on the development of psychopathology across childhood.Parents of 493 children (220 females) completed a measure of their child’s conflicted shyness and social disinterest as well as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) when their child was age 3, and again at age 6. When children were age 9, parents completed the CBCL.From 3 to 6, conflicted shyness predicted increases in anxiety symptoms in boys and girls, and predicted depressive symptoms in boys. From 6 to 9, social disinterest predicted increases in anxiety symptoms in girls and boys, and predicted increases in depressive symptoms in boys. In addition, in boys, conflicted shyness at age 6 predicted increases in externalizing symptoms at age 9.Conflicted shyness appears to be particularly problematic in early to middle childhood, while social disinterest appears to be more maladaptive in later childhood, with some differences by gender. |
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| Keywords: | Social withdrawal Shyness Social disinterest Depression Anxiety Externalizing symptoms |
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