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Shyness‐Sensitivity, Aggression, and Adjustment in Urban C hinese Adolescents at Different Historical Times
Author(s) -
Liu Junsheng,
Chen Xinyin,
Li Dan,
French Doran
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00790.x
Subject(s) - shyness , psychology , aggression , loneliness , cohort , developmental psychology , social psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , medicine
The market‐oriented economic reform in C hina over the past two decades has resulted in considerable changes in social attitudes regarding youth's behaviors. This study examined the relations of shyness and aggression to adjustment in C hinese adolescents at different historical times. Participants came from two cohorts (1994 and 2008) of adolescents in S hanghai ( N = 540 and 728, respectively; M age = 13 years), and data were obtained from multiple sources. Although aggression was associated with adjustment problems in both cohorts, there were significant cross‐cohort differences in the relations between shyness and adjustment. In the 1994 cohort, shyness was positively associated with teacher‐rated competence, leadership, and academic achievement. In the 2008 cohort, however, shyness was negatively associated with peer preference and positively associated with loneliness.