As children grow up, their adolescence grows based on different factors around them to shape their cognitive processing. It is important to be aware of children’s mental state because it can affect the growth of their adolescence. There have been investigations on the cause and effect between mental illnesses and a child’s cognitive abilities. For instance, the article, “Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry” by Samantha Pearcey et al, examines the connection between social Anxiety Disorder and social cognitive abilities. The authors introduce the article by mentioning the hypothesis that different scientists had followed by the researching and experimental research that they had. They conclude the results of the experiments that there seems to be a “significant [connection] between social anxiety and social cognitive abilities” where increased social anxiety was associated with lower social cognitive ability.“ (Pearcey, 2021) As a result, it is important to be aware of children’s mental state as it is correlated to their social cognitive ability.
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Pearcey, S., Gordon, K., Chakrabarti, B., Dodd, H., Halldorsson, B., & Creswell, C. (2021). Research Review: The relationship between social anxiety and social cognition in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 62(7), 805–821. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13310
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