@article{ref1,
title="Shyness and little boy blue: iris pigmentation, gender, and social wariness in preschoolers",
journal="Developmental psychobiology",
year="1998",
author="Coplan, R. J. and Coleman, B. and Rubin, K. H.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="37-44",
abstract="In recent years, researchers have uncovered a link between iris pigmentation and inhibition/social wariness among young children (e.g., Rosenberg & Kagan, 1987, 1989; Rubin & Both, 1989). In the present study, 152 Caucasian preschool-aged (Mage = 54.09 months, SD = 5.84) children (77 males) with either blue (n = 84) or brown (n = 68) eyes, were compared in terms of parental and teacher ratings of social wariness, social play, and aggression. A significant Eye Color x Gender Interaction was found in terms of indices of social wariness; blue-eyed males were rated as more socially wary than brown-eyed males, while blue- and brown-eyed females did not differ in this regard. These results supported the notion that eye color is a marker variable for social wariness in young children.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-1630",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}