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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806971303321

Titolo

Extreme fear, shyness, and social phobia : origins, biological mechanisms, and clinical outcomes / / edited by Louis A. Schmidt, Jay Schulkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-028368-8

1-280-76165-2

9786610761654

0-19-511887-1

0-19-972302-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Series in affective science

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmidtLouis A

SchulkinJay

Disciplina

616.85/225

616.85225

Soggetti

Social phobia - Etiology

Social phobia - Physiological aspects

Social phobia - Animal models

Bashfulness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Contributors; Part I. The Phenomena of Childhood Fear and Shyness: Conceptual, Biological, and Developmental Considerations; 1 The Concept of Behavioral Inhibition; 2 Individual Differences in Childhood Shyness: Distinguishing Fearful and Self-Conscious Shyness; 3 Attachment, Temperament, and Adrenocortical Function in Infancy; 4 Conceptual, Biological, and Behavioral Distinctions Among Different Categories of Shy Children; 5 Behavioral Inhibition and the Emotional Circuitry of the Brain: Stability and Plasticity During the Early Childhood Years

Commentary: Temperament, Fear, and Shyness Part II. Endocrine and Neural Bases of Fear: Implications for Understanding Extreme Shyness and Developmental Outcome; 6 Neural Mechanisms and the



Development of Individual Differences in Behavioral Inhibition; 7 The Neural Circuits that Underlie Fear; 8 Neuroendocrine Regulation of Fear and Anxiety; 9 Lifelong Effects of Hormones on Brain Development: Relationship to Health and Disease; Commentary: The Inhibited Child ""Syndrome"": Thoughts on its Potential Pathogenesis and Sequelae; Part III. Developmental Outcomes and Clinical Perspectives

10 The Natural Course of Shyness and Related Syndromes 11 Varieties of Shyness in Adolescence and Adulthood; 12 High Sensitivity as One Source of Fearfulness and Shyness: Preliminary Research and Clinical Implications; 13 Extreme Fear, Shyness, and Social Phobia: Treatment and Intervention; Commentary: Developmental Outcomes and Clinical Perspectives; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

I. THE PHENOMENA AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDHOOD SHYNESS AND FEAR: CONCEPTUAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS   1. The concept of behavioral inhibition, Jerome Kagan  2. Individual differences in childhood shyness: Distinguishing fearful and self-conscious shyness, W. Raymond Crozier  3. Attachment, temperament, and adrenocortical function in infancy, Kathy Stansbury  4. Socially-anxious ""Jack,"" socially-avoidant ""Jill"": Conceptual, biological, and behavioral distinctions among different categories of shy children, Louis A. Schmidt and Nathan A. Fox  5. Behavioral inhibition and the emotional