Best Friends, Social behavior Characteristics and The Friendship Quality of Shy Children in Comparison to Non-shy Children
AUTHOR : 김보경,박성연,안지영
INFORMATION : page. 173~189 / 2010 Vol.17 No.4
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of shy children's friendships compared
to a non-shy group. The participants were 96 shy children and 80 control children identified from 415
5th to 6th grade elementary school children. The data were collected via questionnaires and analyzed by
both chi-square test and t-test. Our results indicated that 1) Shy children had more mutual best friends
than non-shy children. 2) Shy children with a best friend reported higher levels of victimization and lower
popularity in social relationships than non-shy children. 3) Regarding the issue of the quality of
friendships, Shy children with a best friend generally reported similar levels of friendship quality as those
non-shy children who had a best friend.