TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-reported shyness in Chinese children
T2 - Validation of the Children's Shyness Questionnaire and exploration of its links with adjustment and the role of coping
AU - Ding, Xuechen
AU - Liu, Junsheng
AU - Coplan, Robert J.
AU - Chen, Xinyin
AU - Li, Dan
AU - Sang, Biao
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - The aims of the present study were to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version on the Children's Shyness Questionnaire (Crozier, 1995) among elementary school children; and (2) explore the links between shyness, coping style, and indices of socio-emotional functioning. Participants were N=580 children (311 boys, 269 girls, Mage=11.14years, SD=1.37) in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Measures of shyness, coping style, and adjustment were gathered using multi-source assessments, including self-reports, peer nominations, teacher-ratings. Consistent with findings in North American samples, results from factor analysis suggested a single-factor model of shyness among Chinese youth. Shyness was also associated with a wide range of negative socio-emotional difficulties. As well, emotion-focused coping was found to partially mediate relations between shyness and children's adjustment. Results are discussed in terms of the validity of this self-reported measure of shyness and the role of coping for shy children's adjustment in China.
AB - The aims of the present study were to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version on the Children's Shyness Questionnaire (Crozier, 1995) among elementary school children; and (2) explore the links between shyness, coping style, and indices of socio-emotional functioning. Participants were N=580 children (311 boys, 269 girls, Mage=11.14years, SD=1.37) in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Measures of shyness, coping style, and adjustment were gathered using multi-source assessments, including self-reports, peer nominations, teacher-ratings. Consistent with findings in North American samples, results from factor analysis suggested a single-factor model of shyness among Chinese youth. Shyness was also associated with a wide range of negative socio-emotional difficulties. As well, emotion-focused coping was found to partially mediate relations between shyness and children's adjustment. Results are discussed in terms of the validity of this self-reported measure of shyness and the role of coping for shy children's adjustment in China.
KW - Adjustment
KW - Chinese children
KW - Coping
KW - Shyness
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84901005851
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.027
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.027
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84901005851
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 68
SP - 183
EP - 188
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -