Delighted when approved by others, to pieces when rejected: Children's social anxiety magnifies the linkage between self- and other-evaluations

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 774-781

  Reijntjes, Albert ^a   Thomaes, Sander ^a   Boelen, Paul ^a   Van Der Schoot, Menno ^b   De Castro, Bram Orobio ^a   Telch, Michael J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; pre adolescents; Social anxiety; sociometer theory; state self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79958089913     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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