One hundred and forty-nine 8–11 year-old children (86 males; M = 9 years - 4 months and SD = 7 months) from the UK were administered the Trust Beliefs in Peers scale and were observed in the playground over one school year. Quadratic relations were found between trust beliefs in peers and peer interaction, which varied by gender. Compared to girls with the middle range of trust beliefs, girls with very low beliefs and those with very high beliefs (a) were less accepted/more rejected by the peer group (i.e., lower group interaction, and greater negatively received bids), (b) showed greater indirect aggression (engaged in and received), (c) showed greater non-engagement (i.e., being alone), and (d) showed greater concomitant distress. Compared to children with the middle range of trust beliefs, children with those extreme trust beliefs in peers demonstrated greater direct aggression (engaged in and received) and showed passive behavior (for boys only). The findings supported the conclusion that children, primarily girls, who trust peers too little and those who trust too much are at risk for psychosocial maladjustment.
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机译：对来自英国的149名8-11岁儿童（86名男性； M = 9岁-4个月，SD = 7个月）进行了对等信任度评估，并在一所学校的操场上进行了观察年。在同龄人的信任信念和同龄人的互动之间发现了二次关系，随性别而变化。与信任信念处于中等范围的女孩相比，信念非常低的女孩和信念非常高的女孩（a）被同龄人群体接受/拒绝的程度较低（即，群体互动较少，而收到的负面报价更高），（ b）表现出更大的间接侵略性（参与和接受），（c）表现出更大的不参与性（即，独自一人），以及（d）表现出更大的伴随痛苦。与具有中等信任信念的孩子相比，在同龄人中具有极端信任信念的孩子表现出更大的直接攻击性（参与和接受），并且表现出被动行为（仅针对男孩）。这些发现支持了这样的结论，即对同龄人太不信任的孩子，主要是对女孩太过信任的孩子，有遭受社会心理失调的风险。
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