The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal

by Rubin, Kenneth H.; Coplan, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781606235225
• ISBN10: 1606235222
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-18
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

While both positive and negative peer interactions have long been a focus of scientific interest, much less attention has been given to children who tend to refrain from interacting with peers. This volume brings together leading authorities to review progress in understanding the development, causes, and consequences of shyness and social withdrawal. Compelling topics include: the interplay of biological, psychological, family, and interpersonal processes in shyness and social withdrawal from infancy through adolescence the impact on peer relationships and academic performance links among shyness, social withdrawal, and social anxiety disorder the positive side of unsociability--when to "leave children alone" implications for clinical practice and educational interventions. The book will be valuable to developmental, clinical, and school psychologists; graduate students in these fields and will also serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.

Author Biography

Kenneth H. Rubin, PhD, is Professor of Human Development and Director of the Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture at the University of Maryland. His research interests include children’s peer and family relationships and their social and emotional development. Dr. Rubin is the recipient of a Killam Research Fellowship (Canada Council) and an Ontario Mental Health Senior Research Fellowship, is past president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, and has published 11 books and over 240 peer-reviewed chapters and articles. He is a Fellow of the Canadian and American Psychological Associations and the Association for Psychological Science.

 

Robert J. Coplan, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His research interests concern the overlap between children’s social-emotional functioning and developmental psychopathology, with a primary focus on the development of shyness and social anxiety in childhood. Dr. Coplan is Editor of the journal Social Development and the author of the forthcoming books What Teachers Need to Know about Shyness and Social Development in Childhood and Adolescence: A Contemporary Reader.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Social Withdrawal and Shyness in Childhood: History, Theories, Definitions, and Assessments	p. 3
Constructs and Conceptual Approaches
Understanding Shyness: Four Questions and Four Decades of Research	p. 23
Shyness and the Development of Embarrassment and the Self-Conscious Emotions	p. 42
Unsociability and the Preference for Solitude in Childhood	p. 64
Biological Moderators of Infant Temperament and Its Relation to Social Withdrawal	p. 84
Personal and Interpersonal Processes
Shyness, Parenting, and Parent—Child Relationships	p. 107
Social Withdrawal in Childhood and Adolescence: Peer Relationships and Social Competence	p. 131
Long-Term Development of Shyness: Looking Forward and Looking Backward	p. 157
Contexts
Language Performance, Academic Performance, and Signs of Shyness: A Comprehensive Review	p. 179
Shyness—Inhibition in Childhood and Adolescence: A Cross-Cultural Perspective	p. 213
Electronic Communication: Escape Mechanism or Relationship-Building Tool for Shy, Withdrawn Children and Adolescents?	p. 236
“Once Upon a Time There Were a Blushful Hippo and a Meek Mouse”: A Content Analysis of Shy Characters in Young Children's Storybooks	p. 262
Clinical Research, Practice, and Treatment
Temperament and the Etiology of Social Phobia	p. 277
Treating Social Anxiety in Youth	p. 300
Index	p. 325
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