APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Late Adolescent Outcomes of Early Childhood Conflicted Shyness and Social Disinterest
- Catherine Christensen
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Connor Lawhead
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Daniel Klein
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
Abstract
This study examines the age 18 outcomes of two subtypes of social withdrawal assessed at age 3. In a community sample of 333 preschoolers, conflicted shyness and social disinterest predicted externalizing symptoms, and conflicted shyness predicted alcohol and drug disorder diagnoses at age 18.
Psychopathology
