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Social Withdrawal in Childhood

Social Withdrawal in Childhood. What is it? Why is it important?. Social Withdrawal in Childhood. Definitions (Chapter 8, M & B)

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Social Withdrawal in Childhood

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  1. Social Withdrawal in Childhood What is it? Why is it important?

  2. Social Withdrawal in Childhood • Definitions (Chapter 8, M & B) • Social Withdrawal- “consistent display (across situations and over time) of all forms of solitary behavior when encountering familiar and/or unfamiliar peers” (p.376). • Social Isolation-”expression of solitary behavior that results from being isolated or rejected by peer group” (p.376). • Inhibition-”disposition to be wary and fearful when encountering novel situations” (p.375). • Shyness-”display of inhibition in in response to social-evaluative concerns” (p.376). • Passive Withdrawal-child withdraws from peer group (p.376). • Solitary-passive Behavior-observed solitary behavior that consists of exploratory and constructive activity(p.376) • Social Phobia-fear of doing or saying things in public that will bring shame or humiliation(p.376)

  3. Social Withdrawal in Childhood • Basic Assumptions: • Peer Interactions Essential for Normal Social-cognitive and Socioemotional Development • Peer Interactions influence the development of social cognitions • Foundations for mutual respect, cooperation, and interpersonal sensitivity • Decline in egocentric thinking • There are Developmental Consequences for Those Children Who Do Not Interact with Peers

  4. Social Withdrawal in Childhood • SW and Clinical Diagnosis • Over-controlled or Internalized Disorder/Problem • Behavioral Inhibition-associated with subclinical assessments of anxiety • Shyness-not generally associated with or predictive of anxiety disorder in adolescence, but shyness throughout childhood >anxiety in adolescence • SW related to some personality disorders in adulthood • Unknown=relationships between SW in childhood and later SW, motivations for behaviors

  5. Social Withdrawal in Childhood • Developmental Course of SW • Behavioral Inhibition • Attachment Relationships • Temperament and Attachment • Attachment, Inhibition, and SW • Inhibition and Social Reticence and Withdrawal in Early to Middle Childhood • Stability of SW • Correlates of SW • Friendship and SW • Victimization and SW

  6. Social Withdrawal in Childhood • SW as a Predictor of Maladaptation • Waterloo Longitudinal Project (WLP) • Parenting • Beliefs and Cognitions • Behaviors and SW • Epidemiological Factors and SW • Sex-few differences in prevalence, but do differ in correlates • Culture

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