Children's judgements of social withdrawal behaviours |
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Authors: | Dawn Watling |
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Affiliation: | Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK |
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Abstract: | Ding et al. (Brit. J. Dev. Psychol., 2015; 33, 159–173) demonstrated that Chinese children discriminate between the three subtypes of social withdrawal: Shyness, unsociability, and social avoidance. This commentary on the Ding et al.'s paper highlights the need to further explore the following: (1) children's understanding of the implications of being shy, unsociable, or socially avoidant, including assessing these which we know are associated with outcomes for socially withdrawn children; (2) what additional subtypes might exist naturally within the Chinese culture; and (3) consider the implications of social withdrawal on children's developing social skills. |
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Keywords: | social withdrawal shyness unsociability social avoidance culture |
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