University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Child Dev. 2022 Sep;93(5):1334-1346. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13767. Epub 2022 Apr 11.
The authors examined temperamental and sociocognitive predictors of socially anxious behavior from preschool to early adolescence. Children (N = 227; 59% male; 69% White) completed a speech task at ages 5, 7, 10, and 13 and socially anxious behaviors were coded. Behavioral inhibition (BI) was assessed at ages 2/3 and Theory of Mind (ToM) was assessed at age 4. Data collection occurred between 2003 and 2016. Three trajectories of socially anxious behavior were identified: high stable, average increasing, and low stable. Higher BI was related to the high stable trajectory, whereas lower ToM was related to the increasing trajectory of socially anxious behavior. There are heterogenous pathways of socially anxious behavior, which may be uniquely influenced by early temperamental and sociocognitive factors.
作者从学前到青少年早期研究了气质和社会认知因素对社交焦虑行为的预测作用。研究对象为 227 名儿童（59%为男性，69%为白人），他们在 5 岁、7 岁、10 岁和 13 岁时完成了演讲任务，并对其社交焦虑行为进行了编码。2/3 岁时评估了行为抑制（BI），4 岁时评估了心理理论（ToM）。数据收集时间为 2003 年至 2016 年。研究发现，社交焦虑行为有三种轨迹：高稳定、平均增长和低稳定。较高的 BI 与高稳定轨迹有关，而较低的 ToM 与社交焦虑行为的增长轨迹有关。社交焦虑行为存在异质的发展途径，这可能受到早期气质和社会认知因素的独特影响。
