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The major purpose of this study was to explore the effects of parents' over-involvement and friendship quality on early adolescents’ social anxiety. The 561 subjects of the study were selected from 5th grade, 6th grade of elementary school in Busan. For data analysis, Cronbach α, t-test, two-way ANOVA analysis were used. The results were as follows: First, girls showed higher interpersonal anxiety, performance anxiety, friend support, friend intimacy, whereas boys showed higher friend competition. Second, the interaction effects of parents’ over-involvement and friend support, friend competition on interpersonal anxiety were significant whereas the interaction effects of parents’ over-involvement and friend intimacy on performance anxiety were significant for the boys. The interaction effects of parents’ over-involvement and friend conflict on interpersonal anxiety and performance anxiety were significant for the girls. These results suggest the importance of decreasing parents’ over-involvement, friendship conflict, competition and improving friendship support, intimacy in reducing social anxiety.