Unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness in Chinese early adolescents: Testing a cross-lagged model

B Xiao, A Bullock, J Liu… - The Journal of Early …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we explored the longitudinal linkages among Chinese early adolescents'
unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness. Participants were N= 445 primary school …

Unsociability in Chinese adolescents: Cross‐informant agreement and relations with social and school adjustment

L Zhang, ND Eggum‐Wilkens - Social Development, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We examined cross‐informant agreement of unsociability and associations of unsociability
with social and school adjustment. Participants were 229 (48% girls; Mage= 14.25, SD=. 78 …

Developmental change in loneliness and attitudes toward aloneness in adolescence

S Danneel, M Maes, J Vanhalst, P Bijttebier… - Journal of youth and …, 2018 - Springer
Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to experiencing feelings of loneliness. Changes in
different social contexts and the inability to cope with these changes can result in different …

Correlates of shyness and unsociability during early adolescence in urban and rural China

L Zhang, ND Eggum-Wilkens - The Journal of Early …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to examine the differentiation and correlates of shyness and
unsociability during early adolescence in urban and rural China. Participants were 93 urban …

Unsociability, peer relations, and psychological maladjustment among children: A moderated‐mediated model

A Bullock, B Xiao, G Xu, J Liu, R Coplan… - Social …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this study was to evaluate a complex theoretical model linking gender,
unsociability, peer relations, and indices of psychological maladjustment among children in …

Relations between unsociability and peer problems in Chinese children: Moderating effect of behavioural control

X Ding, M Weeks, J Liu, B Sang… - Infant and Child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Unsociable children are likely to develop adjustment difficulties in Chinese society. The
primary goal of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of behavioural …

Longitudinal relations between social avoidance, academic achievement, and adjustment in Chinese children

X Ding, W Zhang, LL Ooi, RJ Coplan, S Zhang… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of academic
achievement in the longitudinal relations between social avoidance and socioemotional …

Independent and interdependent personalities at individual and group levels: predicting loneliness in Chinese adolescents

M Li, W Fan, X Chen, FM Cheung - Personality and Individual Differences, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of independent and
interdependent personalities at both individual and peer-group levels to loneliness in …

Parent-adolescent discrepancies regarding adolescents' peer-related loneliness: Associations with adolescent adjustment

AWM Spithoven, J Vanhalst, G Lodder… - Journal of youth and …, 2017 - Springer
Because loneliness is a subjective experience, it is often examined using self-reports. Yet,
researchers have started to use other-reports to examine loneliness. As previous research …

Loneliness profiles in adolescence: Associations with sex and social adjustment to the peer group

O Ribeiro, M Freitas, KH Rubin, AJ Santos - Journal of Child and Family …, 2023 - Springer
Loneliness is a complex feeling associated with socio-emotional adjustment difficulties,
particularly during adolescence. Such construct is often treated as unidimensional rather …