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Associations Between Shyness and Internalizing Behaviors, Externalizing Behaviors, and Relationships during Emerging Adulthood

Auteurs: Larry J. Nelson, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Sarah Badger, Carolyn McNamara Barry, Jason S. Carroll, Stephanie D. Madsen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 5/2008

Abstract

Many studies have documented the ways in which shyness can be a barrier to personal well-being and social adjustment throughout childhood and adolescence; however, less is known regarding shyness in emerging adulthood. Shyness as experienced during emerging adulthood may continue to be a risk factor for successful development. The purpose of this study was to compare shy emerging adults with their non-shy peers in (a) internalizing behaviors, (b) externalizing behaviors, and (c) close relationships. Participants included 813 undergraduate students (500 women, 313 men) from a number of locations across the United States. Results showed that relatively shy emerging adults, both men and women, had more internalizing problems (e.g., anxious, depressed, low self-perceptions in multiple domains), engaged in fewer externalizing behaviors (e.g., less frequent drinking), and experienced poorer relationship quality with parents, best friends, and romantic partners than did their non-shy peers.

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Given the reduction in variance of the shyness variable by splitting it into groups, analyses were also conducted using multivariate multiple regression with shyness as a continuous variable. The results using regression analyses were virtually identical to those using MANOVA.

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Titel: Associations Between Shyness and Internalizing Behaviors, Externalizing Behaviors, and Relationships during Emerging Adulthood
Auteurs: Larry J. Nelson
Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Sarah Badger
Carolyn McNamara Barry
Jason S. Carroll
Stephanie D. Madsen
Publicatiedatum: 01-05-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9203-5

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