Monitoring and fearfulness in children

The current study investigated the relationship between the monitoring coping style and fearfulness in a child population. A total of 183 primary school children aged between 10 and 12 filled out the Child Behavioral Style Scale (CBSS), which purports to measure dispositional monitoring, and the revised version of Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC). It was found that high monitors were more fearful than low monitors. This result is in agreement with the findings of previous research in adult populations.