Department of Psychology, Arkansas Interdisciplinary Sciences Laboratory, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2011 Jul;47(4):1133-40. doi: 10.1037/a0024008.
Adolescence is a key period in terms of the development of anxiety psychopathology. An emerging literature suggests that early pubertal maturation is associated with enhanced vulnerability for anxiety symptomatology, although few studies have examined this association with regard to social anxiety. Accordingly, the current study was designed to further elucidate the relation between pubertal timing and social anxiety, with a focus on clarifying the role of gender. Participants were 138 adolescents (ages 12-17 years) recruited from the general community. Level of social anxiety was examined as a function of gender and within-sample pubertal timing. As expected, early maturing girls evidenced significantly higher social anxiety, compared with on-time girls and early maturing boys, and no other differences were found as a function of gender or developmental timing. Findings and future directions are discussed in terms of forwarding developmentally sensitive models of social anxiety etiology and prevention.
青春期是焦虑病理发展的关键时期。越来越多的文献表明，早期的青春期成熟与焦虑症状的易感性增强有关，尽管很少有研究关注社交焦虑方面的这种关联。因此，本研究旨在进一步阐明青春期时间与社交焦虑之间的关系，并重点阐明性别的作用。参与者是从普通社区招募的 138 名青少年（年龄 12-17 岁）。社会焦虑水平是根据性别和样本内的青春期时间来检查的。正如预期的那样，与按时成熟的女孩和早期成熟的男孩相比，早期成熟的女孩表现出明显更高的社交焦虑，而性别或发育时间没有其他差异。研究结果和未来方向将根据社交焦虑病因和预防的发展敏感模型进行讨论。
