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Best Friends, Social behavior Characteristics and The Friendship Quality of Shy Children in Comparison to Non-shy Children
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Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of shy children's friendships comparedto a non-shy group. The participants were 96 shy children and 80 control children identified from 4155th to 6th grade elementary school children. The data were collected via questionnaires and analyzed byboth chi-square test and t-test. Our results indicated that 1) Shy children had more mutual best friendsthan non-shy children. 2) Shy children with a best friend reported higher levels of victimization and lowerpopularity in social relationships than non-shy children. 3) Regarding the issue of the quality offriendships, Shy children with a best friend generally reported similar levels of friendship quality as thosenon-shy children who had a best friend.