The primary goals of this study were to test a conceptual model linking social approach and
avoidance motivations, socially withdrawn behaviors, and peer difficulties in later childhood …

… At child age 2–3, maternal depression was measured through self-reported frequency and
severity of symptoms over the past week through nine statements (eg, “I felt depressed”). Also …

This study examined longitudinal pathways through three domains of adaptation from ages
4–5 to 14–15 (internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and academic competence) …

Objective This study sought to identify factors protective against the onset or recurrence of
depression in early adulthood, and to describe their interactions with stressors during this …

Social anxiety is the fear of social situations and being negatively evaluated by others. Most
previous studies of childhood social anxiety have employed clinical samples of children …

Background Childhood cognitive ability may have protective effects against internalizing
symptoms in adolescence, although this may depend on the time of symptom assessment and …

The goal of the present study was to explore the moderating role of teacher—child relationships
in the relation between shyness and socio-emotional adjustment in early elementary …

The goal of this study was to examine the moderating role of pragmatic language in the
relations between shyness and indices of socio‐emotional adjustment in an unselected sample …

The goal of this study was to explore the socioemotional adjustment of unsociable (versus
shy) children in middle childhood. The participants in this study were 186 children aged 6–8 …

… However, because stressful events in the latter half of pregnancy were assessed at 8 weeks
… Our results suggest that stress in the first 18 weeks of pregnancy may confer particular …