The effect of shyness on friendship development : A longitudinal study of college freshmen

ユウジン カンケイ ノ ケイセイ カテイ ニオケル シャイネス ノ エイキョウ ダイガク シンニュウセイ ノ ジュウダンテキ ケンキュウ

イシダ, ヤスヒコ

Ishida, Yasuhiko

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

友人関係の親密化

大学新入生

縦断的研究

shyness

friendship development

college freshmen

longitudinal study

This study investigated the shy individuals’ development of close relationships during the first college semester. Ninety-seven male and 59 female freshmen responded to a series of questionnaires consisting of scales dealing with: 1) their friendship network and 2) their relationship with a new same-sex friend at their university, including (a) self-report checklist of dyadic behaviors and (b) attitudinal ratings of relationship intimacy. The following results were obtained: 1) Shy males had smaller networks than not-shy males, due to the difficulty experienced by the former in making new friends. 2) Shy individuals’ relationship did not become as close as that of not-shy individuals at both behavioral and attitudinal levels. 3) Although the behavioral and attitudinal ratings of relationship became highly correlated over time, the patterns of correlation slightly differed between shy and not-shy individuals. From these results, the effect of shyness on friendship development was discussed.