Social Anxiety Scale for Children

Greca, Annette M. La; Dandes, Susan K.; Wick, Patricia L.; Shaw, Kimberly; Stone, Wendy L.

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“…A 20‐item measure was used to assess social anxiety and withdrawal. The items were drawn from two subscales of the Social Anxiety Scale for Children‐Revised, SASC‐R (fear of negative evaluation, FNE; and social avoidance and distress‐general, SAD‐G) (LaGreca et al, 1988; LaGreca & Stone, 1993) and from Franke and Hymel's (1984) measure of social anxiety and social avoidance. A factor analysis of the 20‐item measure yielded two factors: 13 items assessing anxiety about social encounters loaded on one factor, and seven items indexing a preference for doing things alone (or social withdrawal) loaded on a second factor.…”

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Social Causes and Consequences of Rejection Sensitivity

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Predictions from the Rejection Sensitivity (RS) model concerning the social causes and consequences of RS were examined in a longitudinal study of 150 middle school students. Peer nominations of rejection, self-report measures of anxious and angry rejection expectations, and social anxiety, social withdrawal, and loneliness were assessed at two time points. Results indicate that peer rejection at Time 1 predicted an increase in anxious and angry expectations of rejection at Time 2, but only for boys. Being liked by peers, irrespective of level of dislike, predicted a reduction in anxious rejection expectations in both boys and girls. Further, anxious expectations of rejection were uniquely predictive of increased social anxiety and withdrawal. Angry expectations of rejection, an established unique predictor of increased aggression, predicted decreased social anxiety. Both anxious and angry expectations predicted increased loneliness, but neither were unique predictors of loneliness. Implications of viewing anxious and angry expectations of rejection as distinct cognitive-affective vulnerabilities for adolescents are discussed.Being rejected by one's peers is a potent predictor of both current and future relational difficulties

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Social Causes and Consequences of Rejection Sensitivity

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“…The current results also suggested that females experience greater social anxiety than do males. Previous research employing the SASC-R has also found such gender differences (LaGreca, Kraslow Dandes, Wick, Shaw, & Stone, 1988;La Greca & Stone, 1993). La Greca and Stone (1993) found that children with higher levels of social anxiety (who are more likely to be girls) also perceived themselves to have lower social acceptance, suggesting that perhaps girls more so than boys are influenced by the opinions of their peers.…”

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Come out and play: shyness in childhood and the benefits of sports participation

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Whereas sports participation has generally been associated with positive psychosocial outcomes, little research has been conducted on the interplay between child characteristics and sport participation. The purpose of the current study was to examine organized sports participation as a protective factor against the negative correlates of shyness, both concurrently and longitudinally. As a comparison group, children's aggressive behaviour was also examined. Participants were 355 children in grades 4 and 5; 201 (56%) were retained at Time 2. Children completed assessments at both Time 1 and Time 2 regarding their social behaviour (shyness, aggression), sports participation, social anxiety, self-esteem, coping strategies, loneliness, positive and negative affect, and well-being. Parents also completed a measure of their child's social skills. The results revealed that sports participation was related to greater social skills, self-esteem, and positive adjustment for all children. Children who participated in organized sports were also found to exhibit fewer externalizing problem behaviours. Shyness was associated with social skill deficiencies, internalizing problems, and the use of an anxious coping style. Aggression was found to be related to social skill deficits, more negative coping styles, as well as both internalizing and externalizing difficulties. Unique to the current study were the findings that organized sports participation was found to be particularly beneficial for children with peer relations difficulties. As compared to their "average" peers, shy and aggressive sports participants reported significantly higher general self esteem than did non-sports participants. In addition, shy children who participated in sport over time reported a significant decrease in anxiety. Results are discussed in terms of the role of sports as a social context in which children have not only the opportunity to Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Sport and Behaviour engage in physical activity but also to enhance peer relations. Moreover, the unique contribution of sport to the psychological well-being of shy children was explored.

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“…Sociometric nomination procedures have been applied in clinical (Ginsburg et al, 1998) and naturalistic settings (Ladd et al, 2002), and with a variety of age groups, including preschoolers (Musun-Miller, 1990), elementary school children (La Greca et al, 1988), and adolescents (Inderbitzen et al, 1997). Sociometric nomination procedures have the advantage of being used with children as young as 3-years-old, whereas self-report methods of assessment are limited to use with children who are able to read at a third grade or higher level (see Prout & Chizik, 1988, for a review).…”

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“…Studies examining the association of social anxiety and peer sociometric status have produced varying results. La Greca, Dandes, Wick, Shaw, and Stone, (1988) evaluated the association between social status groups and levels of anxiety in 287 second through sixth graders. The Social Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds & Richmond, 1978), and two sociometric measures were used to measure social and general anxiety (respectively) in relation to peer social status.…”

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Specific aspects of social anxiety related to children's peer sociometric status

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The present study examined the association between specific aspects of social anxiety and sociometric status. Participants included 268 children in grades 4, 5, and 6. The children completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R) and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C). A sociometric nomination procedure was used to categorize participants into sociometric status groups (i.e., neglected, rejected, controversial, popular, and average). Results replicated and extended previous literature. Neglected children scored the highest on both measures of social anxiety, followed by rejected children. This was one of the first investigations to associate socometric status with SPAI-C factor scores, with neglected children scoring the highest on Cognitive and Physiological Symptoms, Avoidance, and Public Performance factors. Based on these findings, implications for social anxiety prevention and intervention are discussed. iii Acknowledgments I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Tracy Morris, my advisor and committee chair. Her support, time, and effort devoted to this thesis and my academic career, are greatly appreciated. I would also like to thank the other members of my thesis committee, Dr.

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Social Anxiety Scale for Children

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Social Causes and Consequences of Rejection Sensitivity

Social Causes and Consequences of Rejection Sensitivity

Come out and play: shyness in childhood and the benefits of sports participation

Specific aspects of social anxiety related to children's peer sociometric status

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