ABSTRACT Literature has shown the importance of social cognition for emotional wellness. However, to our knowledge, few studies so far investigated the relationship between social cognition and anxiety in childhood. No study systematically examined social cognition in relation to specific domains of anxiety. By a correlational design and multivariate models, we explored in a sample of 337 children the association between five anxiety phenotypes and two social cognition domains (Mentalization/Attributional style). After controlling for depressive symptoms, we found that a good performance in the mentalization task was predicted by high levels of generalized anxiety and low levels of separation anxiety. Moreover, positive attributions for good events were predicted by low levels of social anxiety. The present findings remark the importance of rehabilitating social cognition skills in children with social/separation anxiety and depressive symptoms.

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学龄儿童的归因风格，心理状态和五种焦虑表型之间的关系

摘要文献表明社会认知对于情绪健康的重要性。然而，据我们所知，到目前为止，很少有研究调查儿童的社会认知与焦虑之间的关系。没有研究系统地检查与特定焦虑领域有关的社会认知。通过相关设计和多元模型，我们在337名儿童的样本中探索了五个焦虑表型与两个社交认知域（变态/归因风格​​）之间的关联。在控制了抑郁症状后，我们发现高水平的广泛性焦虑和低水平的分离性焦虑预示了在心理工作中的良好表现。此外，社交焦虑程度低，预示了好事的积极归因。