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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/225
• Soggetto topico: Social phobia - Etiology; Social phobia - Physiological aspects; Social phobia - Animal models; Bashfulness
• Altri autori: SchmidtLouis A SchulkinJay
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Extreme fear, shyness, and social phobia
• ISBN: 1-280-76165-2; 9786610761654; 0-19-511887-1; 0-19-972302-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806971303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in affective science.