Shyness in late childhood: relations with attributional styles and self-esteem.
Child Care Health Dev
; 39(2): 213-9, 2013 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Shyness in late childhood is related to social and psychological problems. The present study examined the relations among shyness, attributional styles and self-esteem. It was hypothesized that self-esteem mediated the effects of attributional styles on shyness.METHODS:
Self-reported data on degree of shyness, attributional styles and self-esteem were obtained from 326 Chinese children with mean age of 10.85 years.RESULTS:
It was found that positive attributional styles predicted shyness in the negative direction and the effects were fully mediated by self-esteem, and negative attributional styles predicted shyness in the positive direction both directly and through self-esteem.CONCLUSION:
The results imply that how children attribute positive and negative outcomes affect both self-esteem and shyness. It is suggested that practitioners should conduct attribution-retraining workshops for shy children and help teachers and parents learn how to mitigate negative attributional style and foster positive attributional styles in children.
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MEDLINE
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Autoimagem
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Controle Interno-Externo
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Child Care Health Dev
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China