Jellesma Francine C, Rieffe Carolien, Terwogt Mark Meerum
Leiden University, Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands.
Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jun;66(11):2195-205. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.029. Epub 2008 Mar 3.
In this article we present two studies about the relations between peer relationships and somatic complaints in children in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. In the first study (n=711), when the children were average 10 years old, we focused on social status as rated by classmates (popular, neglected, controversial, rejected, and average), self-reported social anxiety and somatic complaints. The second study (n=688) conducted 1.5 years later on the same sample, focused on possible positive influences of best friends on somatic complaints. We analyzed how reciprocity of the friendship, self-reported disclosure with the nominated best friend and self-reported emotion communication skill were related to children's somatic complaints. The results indicate an influence of peer interactions on somatic complaints. Social anxiety was associated with more somatic complaints, but peer status was unrelated to somatic complaints. Further, for girls with a reciprocated best friend, emotion communication skill was related to fewer somatic complaints. For boys emotion communication skill was negatively associated with somatic complaints when their friendship was unreciprocated, whereas disclosure with the nominated peer was related to the experience of more complaints in this case. The results indicate different associations of the sharing of emotions among boys and girls with regard to somatic complaints. It should be noted that self-reports on relationships and health may overlap more than classmates' reports of peer status because of shared method variance.
在本文中，我们呈现了两项关于荷兰斯海尔托亨博斯儿童同伴关系与躯体不适之间关系的研究。在第一项研究（n = 711）中，当孩子们平均10岁时，我们关注由同学评定的社会地位（受欢迎、被忽视、有争议、被拒绝和普通）、自我报告的社交焦虑和躯体不适。第二项研究（n = 688）在1.5年后对同一样本进行，重点关注最好的朋友对躯体不适可能产生的积极影响。我们分析了友谊的互惠性、与指定的最好朋友的自我报告的表露以及自我报告的情感沟通技巧与儿童躯体不适之间的关系。结果表明同伴互动对躯体不适有影响。社交焦虑与更多的躯体不适相关，但同伴地位与躯体不适无关。此外，对于有互惠最好朋友的女孩，情感沟通技巧与较少的躯体不适相关。对于男孩，当他们的友谊没有得到回应时，情感沟通技巧与躯体不适呈负相关，而在这种情况下，与指定同伴的表露与更多不适的体验相关。结果表明，在躯体不适方面，男孩和女孩在情感分享上存在不同的关联。应该注意的是，由于共同的方法差异，关于关系和健康的自我报告可能比同学对同伴地位的报告有更多重叠。
