Findings were mixed with some studies revealing that nonsocial behavioural
inhibition («fearfulness»), but not
social behavioural
inhibition, increased risk for future depression55 and other studies revealing that symptoms of depression were
more strongly related to
social rather than nonsocial behavioural
inhibition in childhood.56
For children with highly inhibited temperamental styles, behavioral
inhibition at ages 2 — 3 predicts
more compromised emotion regulation abilities at age 5, which subsequently predicts
more impaired
social skills at age 7 [91].