Shyness

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Stephen R. Briggs, Jonathan M. Cheek, Warren H. Jones

      Pages 1-14

3. Issues in the Study of Shyness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Stanford Shyness Project

      • Philip G. Zimbardo

      Pages 17-25

   3. Affective and Behavioral Components of Shyness

      • Mark R. Leary

      Pages 27-38

   4. A Theory of Shyness

      • Arnold H. Buss

      Pages 39-46

   5. The Measurement of Shyness

      • Stephen R. Briggs, Thomas G. Smith

      Pages 47-60

4. Development of Shyness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-62

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   2. Genetics and Shyness

      • Robert Plomin, Denise Daniels

      Pages 63-80

   3. Shyness and Temperament

      • Jerome Kagan, J. Steven Reznick

      Pages 81-90

   4. Shyness in Middle and Late Childhood

      • Jens Asendorpf

      Pages 91-103

   5. Adolescent Shyness

      • Jonathan M. Cheek, Andrea M. Carpentieri, Thomas G. Smith, Jill Rierdan, Elissa Koff

      Pages 105-115

   6. Shyness and the Elderly

      • Robert O. Hansson

      Pages 117-129

5. The Experience of Shyness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-132

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   2. Individual Differences in Shyness

      • W. Ray Crozier

      Pages 133-145

   3. Shyness as a Discrete Emotion

      • Carroll E. Izard, Marion C. Hyson

      Pages 147-160

   4. On Being ‘Shy like a Fox’

      • C. R. Snyder, Timothy W. Smith

      Pages 161-172

   5. Analyzing Shyness

      • Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier

      Pages 173-185

6. The Experience of Shyness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-188

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   2. Shyness and Self-Presentation

      • Robert M. Arkin, Elizabeth A. Lake, Ann H. Baumgardner

      Pages 189-203

This volume is about shyness: its definitions and conceptualization as a psy­ chological construct, research on its causes and consequences, methods for meas­ uring shyness, strategies for alleviating the unpleasant experiences associated with shyness, and its connection to other forms of social anxiety and inhibition. the book together was to provide a resource for The principal goal in putting psychologists from several subdisciplines, most notably social, personality, clin­ ical, and development13-l psychology, in addition to social scientists from other disciplines. We do riot assume that these chapters, considered collectively or individually, provide answers to every conceivable issue with respect to shyness. Rather, we hope that the book will serve to integrate what is known about shyness on the basis of current research and theorizing and to provide both directions and impetus for continued research, theoretical evolution, and improved techniques of assessment and intervention. But one might ask, why another book on shyness? In particular, why a book at this time given the recent appearance of other books on the topic and in view of the extensive literature on related topics such as introversion and anxiety-topics that would seem to compete with shyness for the same concep­ tual space? Our decision to edit this volume was prompted by several consid­ erations, some practical, others more substantive in nature.

• Emotion
• Extraversion
• Temperament
• Training
• anxiety
• assessment
• communication
• genetics
• intervention
• psychology

• Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, USA

  Warren H. Jones, Stephen R. Briggs

• Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, USA

  Jonathan M. Cheek

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