title: Examining the Implications of Social Anxiety in a Community Sample of Mainland Chinese Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the implications of social anxiety symptoms in a community sample of elementary school children in mainland China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were N = 576 children (309 boys, 267 girls; mean age = 11.52 years, standard deviation = 1.21) attending public elementary schools in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Multisource assessments included child self-reports, teacher ratings, and school records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the previously established 3-factor solution for the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised. Social anxiety symptoms were associated with indices of internalizing problems, peer difficulties, and poorer school adjustment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results are discussed in terms of the implications of social avoidance as a particularly maladaptive component of social anxiety in the collectivistic society of China.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Normal University.
authors.forename: Junsheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Carleton University.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Coplan
authors.affiliation: Carleton University.
authors.forename: Laura L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Xinyin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Normal University.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012574:Schools; D012917:Social Adjustment
keywords: China; children; social anxiety