Incidence of Shyness in Elementary-School Age Children
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 51 (3) , 904-906
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1982.51.3.904
Abstract
In a survey of 396 elementary-aged children, 38% labeled themselves shy, 59% responded that they would rather be less shy, 46% felt that being shy was a personal problem, and 47% wanted to participate in a counseling group to ameliorate this problem Sex differences were found; approximately one-quarter of all boys (26%) and one-half of all girls (49%) applied this label to themselves. This finding differs from surveys of adults for whom no sex differences in shyness were noted.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Correlation of Shyness and Self-Esteem for Elementary School ChildrenPerceptual and Motor Skills, 1982