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Xu, Yiyuan; Farver, Jo Ann M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This paper reports on two exploratory studies of situations that elicit shyness in Mainland Chinese children. In Study 1 (N = 100; M[subscript age] = 10.42) interviews with Chinese children identified three kinds of shyness-eliciting situations: social novelty; negative social evaluation; and public attention. In Study 2 (N = 162, M[subscript age]…
Descriptors: Shyness, Asian Culture, Children, Psychological Patterns