Friendship quality and social information processing in clinically anxious children.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
; 45(1): 12-23, 2014 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23443467
ABSTRACT
The association between perceived friendship quality (FQ) and social information processing (SIP) was examined in three groups of children and their close friends aged 7-12 years 16 anxiety disordered children with social phobia (SP); 12 anxiety disordered children without SP (No-SP); and 32 nonclinical children. Positive and negative FQ positively associated with target children's positive and negative responding on a vignette measure of SIP. SP children reported lower positive SIP than No-SP but not nonclinical children; and this was the only group difference in SIP. Target children and their friends were similar in negative but not positive SIP. Following discussion about the vignette with a close friend, all target children increased in positive SIP; negative SIP did not change. Lower FQ and a more socially anxious friend predicted higher negative target child SIP postdiscussion. Close friendships play an important role in the SIP of both clinical and nonclinical children.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety Disorders
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Phobic Disorders
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Social Behavior
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Social Perception
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Friends
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Interpersonal Relations
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article