Intermediary Role Of Children ’s Social Anxiety Between Selfesteem And Peer Relationship In The Background Of Selfesteem Heterogeneity In Urban Primary Schools Children

This article is based on the perspective of heterogeneity of self-esteem,using the subjective and objective evaluation of the peer relations,combining the quantitative and qualitative analysis methods to find a good way to explore the real path on how to improve the high self-esteem and harmonious peer relationships.This research explores the situation and differences of self-esteem,social anxiety and peer relationship of 709 urban pupils.At the same time,collecting teachers’ evaluation and their peer evaluation in the class,using semi-structured interview from the 12 interviewees to prove that the social anxiety as a intermediary role between self-esteem and peers relation of the children in the city.Concluded as follow:(1)There is a significant differences in gender,age,class cadre,family structure among the self-esteem,social anxiety and peer relations.(2)There is a significant correlation among self-esteem,social anxiety and peer relationship in elementary pupils.The self-esteem negative predicts students’ social anxiety,social anxiety negative predicts peer relationship satisfaction.The self-esteem positive predicts peer relationship satisfaction(3)The heterogeneity of high self-esteem influence peer acceptance and rejection.True high self-esteem person has low social anxiety,good companionship,high popularity,high self-evaluation and high other’s evaluation.While defensive high self-esteem person have a higher social anxiety,be excluded from the companion,significantly inconsistent self-evaluation and other’s evaluation in peer relationship.Gender differences in defensive high self-esteem cause popularity and rejection.Low self-esteem person have lowest self-evaluation and other’s evaluation.(4)Children’s social anxiety plays an intermediary role between self-esteem and peer relationships,but the relationship in defensive high self-esteem are higher then the total being investigated person.