Relations of Shyness and Unsociability with Adjustment in Migrant and Non-migrant Children in Urban China

Xuechen Ding， Xinyin Chen， Rui Fu， Dan Li， Junsheng Liu

【摘要】The present study examined the relations of shyness and unsociability with indexes of adjustment in migrant and non-migrant Chinese children. Participants were migrant (n = 413) and non-migrant students (n = 513) in fourth to seventh grades (M age =11.4 years) in urban China. Data on shyness, unsociability, and adjustment were collected from multiple sources, including peerevaluations, teacher ratings, self-reports, and school records. The results showed that shyness was associated with social and school adjustment problems more evidently in non-migrant children than in migrant children, whereas unsociability was associated with social adjustment problems more evidently in migrant children than in non-migrant children. The results indicate thatthe functional meanings of children’s social behaviors may differ across contexts.