Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
UvA Minds Academic Treatment Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Br J Dev Psychol. 2020 Jun;38(2):319-336. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12324. Epub 2020 Feb 16.
The current study aimed to investigate the discrepancy between self-reported and peer-reported likeability among children, and the relation with social anxiety, depression, and social support. In total, 532 children between 7 and 12 years completed questionnaires about social anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and social support, estimated their own likeability, and indicated how much they liked their classmates. Children with higher levels of social anxiety or depression overestimated their likeability less or even underestimated their likeability. Social anxiety symptoms, but not depressive symptoms, were significant predictors of the discrepancy. Social support was positively related to likeability and negatively related to social anxiety, but did not moderate the association between social anxiety symptoms and perception accuracy of likeability. These results are in line with cognitive theories of childhood social anxiety, and they stress the importance of using multi-informant measures when studying the relation between social anxiety and social functioning in children.
本研究旨在探究儿童自我报告的受欢迎程度与同伴报告的受欢迎程度之间的差异，以及这种差异与社交焦虑、抑郁和社会支持的关系。共有 532 名 7 至 12 岁的儿童完成了关于社交焦虑症状、抑郁症状和社会支持的问卷，评估了自己的受欢迎程度，并表示他们有多喜欢自己的同学。社交焦虑或抑郁程度较高的儿童低估了自己的受欢迎程度，甚至可能高估了自己的受欢迎程度。社交焦虑症状是导致这种差异的显著预测因素，但抑郁症状不是。社会支持与受欢迎程度呈正相关，与社交焦虑呈负相关，但不能调节社交焦虑症状与对受欢迎程度的感知准确性之间的关系。这些结果与儿童社交焦虑的认知理论一致，强调了在研究儿童社交焦虑与社交功能关系时使用多信息源测量的重要性。
