This study examined whether compromised emotional clarity prospectively contributes to maladaptive social behavior (aggression, anxious solitude) and adverse social experiences (low social status, victimization) in early adolescence; gender differences in these effects also were explored. Youth (N = 636, X ¯ age = 10.94, SD = 0.37) completed a self-report measure of emotional clarity in fifth grade, and their teachers completed measures of youth aggression, anxious solitude, social status, and victimization in fifth and sixth grades. Prospective path analyses revealed that emotional clarity deficits predicted anxious solitude and low social status in both girls and boys, and predicted aggression and victimization in girls but not boys. These findings provide support for theoretical models of emotional and affective social competence, and indicate some gender differences in the social consequences of emotional clarity deficits. More broadly, this research implicates emotional clarity as a target for socioemotional learning programs in early adolescence.

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青春期早期情绪清晰度缺陷的适应不良社会后果

这项研究检查了情绪清晰度受损是否会前瞻性地导致青春期早期的适应不良的社会行为（攻击性、焦虑的孤独）和不良的社会经历（低社会地位、受害）；还探讨了这些影响的性别差异。青少年（N = 636，X 年龄 = 10.94，SD = 0.37）在五年级完成了情绪清晰度的自我报告测量，他们的老师在五年级和六年级完成了对青少年攻击性、焦虑孤独、社会地位和受害的测量成绩。前瞻性路径分析显示，情绪清晰度缺陷预示着女孩和男孩的焦虑孤独和社会地位低下，并预测女孩的攻击性和受害，而不是男孩。这些发现为情感和情感社会能力的理论模型提供了支持，并指出情绪清晰度缺陷的社会后果的一些性别差异。更广泛地说，这项研究将情绪清晰度作为青春期早期社会情绪学习计划的目标。