Laursen Brett, Bukowski William M, Aunola Kaisa, Nurmi Jari-Erik
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale 33314, USA.
Child Dev. 2007 Jul-Aug;78(4):1395-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01072.x.
This longitudinal study investigated prospective links between social isolation and adjustment problems among 166 (77 girls, 89 boys) Finnish children ages 7 to 9. Peer nominations for social engagement and self-reports of internalizing and externalizing problems were collected in the spring of the 1st and 2nd grade. Friendship moderated prospective associations between peer and adjustment variables. Among friended children, there were no prospective associations between social isolation and either internalizing or externalizing problems. Among unfriended children, initial social isolation was positively linked to subsequent increases in internalizing and externalizing problems, and initial internalizing and externalizing problems predicted subsequent increases in social isolation. The findings suggest that friendship buffers against the adverse consequences associated with being isolated and presenting adjustment difficulties.
这项纵向研究调查了166名（77名女孩，89名男孩）7至9岁芬兰儿童的社会隔离与适应问题之间的前瞻性联系。在一年级和二年级春季收集了同伴对社交参与的提名以及内化和外化问题的自我报告。友谊调节了同伴与适应变量之间的前瞻性关联。在有朋友的孩子中，社会隔离与内化或外化问题之间没有前瞻性关联。在没有朋友的孩子中，最初的社会隔离与随后内化和外化问题的增加呈正相关，而最初的内化和外化问题则预示着随后社会隔离的增加。研究结果表明，友谊可以缓冲与被孤立和出现适应困难相关的不良后果。
