Zhu Jingjing, Shen Yu, Li Yan
Shanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin St, 200234, Shanghai, China.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Sep 1;13(1):996. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03063-7.
Research consistently indicates that socially avoidant children face challenges in adapting to social settings. This investigation aimed to explore the relationship between social avoidance and social adjustment and the moderating role of behavioral self-regulation. The study included 211 children (111 boys, Mage = 48.81 months, SD = 2.51). These children attended two public kindergartens located in Shanghai, China. The current study also include data from children's teachers and mothers. After controlling for child gender, age, shyness, unsociability, and parental education level, the research found that: (1) Social avoidance was positively associated with asocial behavior when behavioral self-regulation was low, but negatively associated when behavioral self-regulation was high; (2) Peer exclusion was unrelated to social avoidance at low behavioral self-regulation, but negatively associated at high behavioral self-regulation; (3) Anxious-fearful behavior showed a similar pattern, with a significant negative association emerging only at high behavioral self-regulation. These results suggest that higher behavioral self-regulation may buffer or alter the interpretation of socially avoidant behavior.
研究一直表明，社交回避型儿童在适应社交环境方面面临挑战。本调查旨在探讨社交回避与社会适应之间的关系以及行为自我调节的调节作用。该研究包括211名儿童（111名男孩，平均年龄Mage = 48.81个月，标准差SD = 2.51）。这些儿童就读于中国上海的两所公立幼儿园。本研究还纳入了来自儿童教师和母亲的数据。在控制了儿童性别、年龄、害羞、不合群以及父母教育水平后，研究发现：（1）当行为自我调节能力较低时，社交回避与反社会行为呈正相关，但当行为自我调节能力较高时则呈负相关；（2）在行为自我调节能力较低时，同伴排斥与社交回避无关，但在行为自我调节能力较高时呈负相关；（3）焦虑恐惧行为呈现类似模式，仅在行为自我调节能力较高时出现显著负相关。这些结果表明，较高的行为自我调节能力可能缓冲或改变对社交回避行为的解读。
