The current study aimed to investigate the discrepancy between self‐reported and peer‐reported likeability among children, and the relation with social anxiety, depression, and social support. In total, 532 children between 7 and 12 years completed questionnaires about social anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and social support, estimated their own likeability, and indicated how much they liked their classmates. Children with higher levels of social anxiety or depression overestimated their likeability less or even underestimated their likeability. Social anxiety symptoms, but not depressive symptoms, were significant predictors of the discrepancy. Social support was positively related to likeability and negatively related to social anxiety, but did not moderate the association between social anxiety symptoms and perception accuracy of likeability. These results are in line with cognitive theories of childhood social anxiety, and they stress the importance of using multi‐informant measures when studying the relation between social anxiety and social functioning in children.

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儿童的社交焦虑和同龄人对可爱程度的看法。


本研究旨在调查儿童自我报告和同伴报告的喜爱度之间的差异，以及与社交焦虑、抑郁和社会支持的关系。总共有 532 名 7 至 12 岁的儿童完成了有关社交焦虑症状、抑郁症状和社会支持的调查问卷，评估了自己的可爱度，并表明了他们对同学的喜爱程度。社交焦虑或抑郁程度较高的儿童会高估自己的可爱程度，甚至低估自己的可爱程度。社交焦虑症状，而非抑郁症状，是这种差异的重要预测因素。社会支持与可爱度呈正相关，与社交焦虑呈负相关，但并不能调节社交焦虑症状与可爱度感知准确性之间的关联。这些结果符合儿童社交焦虑的认知理论，并且强调在研究儿童社交焦虑与社会功能之间的关系时使用多信息测量的重要性。