Cultural factors, such as country or continent, influence the relationship between loneliness
and mental health. However, less is known about how cultural dimensions moderate this …

It is theoretically plausible that social anxiety (SA) and social relationships (SR) can
influence each other. However, the available empirical evidence is inconsistent, leading to …

Background Friendship networks have been found to protect adolescents from depressive
symptoms, yet whether adolescents' depressive symptoms can be alleviated or reduced by …

The way children express and respond to emotions when they first meet is crucial to
friendship initiation. But for highly shy children, these exchanges are particularly …

During the critical period of personality shaping and self-development, adolescents face
unique challenges and opportunities. This study, based on Cognitive-Behavioral Theory …

The relations between shyness and internalizing problems have been mainly explored at
the individual level, with little known about its dynamics at the group level. This study aims to …

From late childhood, friendships as a distinct peer experience become increasingly salient
in affecting individual development. This one-year longitudinal study examined same …

Abstract Drawing on the Self-Development Theory (SDT), this study examines the relation
between the factors that motivate online gaming and the effects of addiction, shyness, and …

Affected by the global epidemic, teachers and students need to study related courses online,
which have become a new inevitable trend for the construction of online courses. Introduce …

This study aimed to explore the relationship between teacher-student relationship and
academic engagement of left-behind children, and to examine the mediating effect of …