ABSTRACT

Written by some of the leading international authorities in the field, this volume provides an overview of significant contemporary psychological research into shyness. It brings together perspectives from developmental psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology.

chapter 1|21 pages

Shyness and social relationships: continuity and change

W. RAY CROZIER
ByContinuity and change W. Ray Crozier Perspectives and definitions

chapter 2|8 pages

Inhibited and uninhibited temperaments: recent developments

JEROME KAGAN
ByRecent developments Jerome Kagan

chapter 3|17 pages

Childhood shyness: determinants, development and ‘depathology’

LOUIS A. SCHMIDT AND SUSAN L. TASKER
ByDeterminants, development and ‘depathology’ Louis A. Schmidt and Susan L. Tasker

chapter 4|17 pages

Precursors of inhibition and shyness in the first year of life

ByAXEL SCHÖLMERICH, ANDERS G. BROBERG, MICHAEL E. LAMB

chapter 5|24 pages

Childhood and adolescent shyness in long-term perspective: does it matter?

MARGARET KERR
ByDoes it matter? Margaret Kerr

chapter 6|15 pages

Shyness in the context of close relationships

ByJOAN STEVENSON-HINDE

chapter 7|18 pages

Shyness and adaptation to the social world of university

ByJENS B. ASENDORPF

chapter 8|18 pages

‘u r a lot bolder on the net’: shyness and Internet use

LYNNE D. ROBERTS, LEIGH M. SMITH AND CLARE M. POLLOCK
ByShyness and Internet use Lynne D. Roberts, Leigh M. Smith and Clare M. Pollock

chapter 9|15 pages

Shyness and the pursuit of social acceptance

ByMARK R. LEARY, KATHERINE E. BUCKLEY

chapter 10|17 pages

Blushing, social anxiety and exposure

ByW. RAY CROZIER

chapter 11|15 pages

What shy individuals do to cope with their shyness: a content analysis

BERNARDO J. CARDUCCI
ByA content analysis Bernardo J. Carducci

chapter 12|21 pages

Modifying social anxiety: a cognitive approach

ADRIAN WELLS
ByA cognitive approach Adrian Wells

chapter 13|20 pages

Challenges in the treatment of generalized social phobia: why our treatments work, and why they don’t work better

JONATHAN M. OAKMAN, PETER FARVOLDEN, MICHAEL VAN AMERINGEN AND CATHERINE MANCINI
ByWhy our treatments work, and why they don’t work better Jonathan M. Oakman, Peter Farvolden, Michael Van Ameringen and Catherine Mancini