Social anxiety and self-evaluation of social performance in a nonclinical sample of children.
In an investigation of socially anxious children's social behavior and self-evaluation, 28 high socially anxious and 28 low socially anxious children, ages 11 to 13 years, appraised their performance before and after participating in a role-play task. Half of the children were given video feedback prior to giving their posttask self-evaluations. High socially anxious children anticipated poorer performance on the role-play task, and some group differences in observed social performance were evident. Self-evaluations from video feedback only improved for the high socially anxious children who displayed more eye contact, gave longer verbal responses, and used more constructive verbal strategies in the role-play scenarios.
Morgan
Julie
J
Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. juliem@sussex.ac.uk
Banerjee
Robin
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012381:Role Playing; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014743:Videotape Recording