The connections between 2 kinds of self-consciousness (public and private) and indices of psychosocial distress (e.g., depression, anxiety) are already well-documented in the adult personality literature. But, little is understood about these kinds of self-consciousness during early adolescence regardless of recent evidence that self-conscious feelings and thoughts peak during the initial adolescent developmental period. The current research investigated the difference between public and private self-consciousness during early adolescence by examining the psychosocial correlates of public and private self-consciousness while taking into consideration the distinction between (public) self-conscious and fearful shyness. Friendship quality was evaluated as a possible moderator of the relation between self-consciousness and maladjustment….
Contents
CHAPTER I: RATIONALE
The Research Study and its Contributions
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
PART I: SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
Private self-consciousness, Public self-consciousness, and Self-consciousness Theory
Public self-consciousness
Private self-consciousness
Self-consciousness during childhood and adolescence
Adolescent egocentricism
Childhood depression
Gender differences in self-consciousness
Summary and goals
PART II: SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND FRIENDSHIP
Intimacy of adolescent friendships
Friendship as a moderator
PART III: SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND SHYNESS
Self-conscious and fearful shyness
Shyness during early adolescence
Overview of present research
CHAPTER III: METHOD
Participants
Procedure
Measures
Friendship nominations
Friendship Qualities Scale
Youth Self-Report
Self-Consciousness Scales
Children’s Rejection-Sensitivity Questionnaire
Shyness
Fear Scale
CHAPTER IV: RESULTS
Overview of data analytic plan
Part I: Self-Consciousness: Item analyses
Confirmatory factor analyses of SCS
Final model of Self-Consciousness
Correlations between SCS subscales
Associations between SCS and internalizing problems
Relations with Internalizing Problems
Relations with Rejection-Sensitivity
Partial correlations
Part II: Hierarchical linear regression analyses: Examining friendship quality as a moderator
Withdrawn Behaviors
Anxiety/Depression
Somatic Problems
Social Problems
Thought Problems
Internalizing Problems
Rejection-Sensitivity
Part III: Fearful shyness compared to Self-Conscious Shyness……
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