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Relationships between social anxiety and adjustment in childhood: mediating role of emotion-focused coping strategies |
| YANG Panpan，LIU Junsheng |
| Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China |
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Abstract Objective To explore the associations between social anxiety and children’s adjustment and the potential mediating effect of emotion-focused coping strategies. Methods A sample of 594 students from grade four to six was administrated with social anxiety scale for children-revised （SASC-r）, self-report coping scale（SCS）, childhood depression inventory （CDI）, and peer nominations. The head teachers completed the teacher-child rating scale （TCRS） to evaluate children’s school competence. Results ① Gender differences were found in social anxiety, depression, peer preference and school competence. Girls had higher scores on social anxiety, peer preference and school competence, but lower scores on depression. ② Social anxiety was positively associated with emotion-focused coping strategies and depression, but negatively associated with peer preference and school competence. ③ The relationships between social anxiety and adjustment variables were mediated by emotion-focused coping strategies partially, the mediating effects were 34%, 64%, and 55%, respectively. Conclusion Emotion-focused coping strategies play an important role in the relationships between social anxiety and children’s adjustment.
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