This study tested predictions of the self-presentational approach to situational and dispositional shyness within a broader perspective. Forty subjects who were high in self-rated dispositional shyness and 30 subjects who were low in self-rated dispositional shyness watched videotapes of their interaction with a confederate of the experimenter in various situations, including apprehension of ev...

this work supports the effectiveness of the employment of communication strategies for bet-ter and more efficient communication. communication strategies varies as a function of dif-ferent factors such as personality traits, pedagogical setting, l2 context, etc. the present re-search aimed at delving into the relationship between shyness, task nature and the frequency and type of communication ...

Relations between adult anxiety and mood disorders and retrospective reports of excessive childhood shyness were investigated in the US National Comorbidity, Survey (n=5877). Results indicated that 26% of women and 19% of men described themselves as 'very shy' when they were growing up. Of these shy individuals, 53% of women and 40% of men met criteria for a lifetime diagnosis of one or more an...

Emotional intelligence is the ability to control and manage emotions. Bashfulness is an emotional characteristic that could lead to social isolation and impact children’s performance across their developmental years. Learning social skills could help shy students overcome this problem. It has been hypothesized that such skills can be taught through storytelling, and hence, improve children’s em...

Models of developmental psychopathology emphasize both mediation and moderation processes among child and caregiving attributes; however, little research has examined both these processes simultaneously on the development of internalizing problems. This study tested a moderated mediation model that related early childhood shyness, emotion regulation and maternal negative control to school-age i...

Nonverbal decoding refers to the act of recognizing and interpreting the meaning of other people’s nonverbal cues. Decoding skills vary depending on many factors such as personality and environment (Knapp & Hall, 2009). The present study focused on six individual difference measures (the EPI, IOS, PSI, SCS-R, 20-item Shyness Scale, and TSIS) and an experimentally manipulated variable of self-co...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate factors associated with dental anxiety in children treated under moderate sedation. Prior treatment, each child’s evaluated using the modified Venham Picture Test (VPT). Interviews were also conducted parents/guardians gather information on (Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale [DAS]), age and sex, shyness or presence strangers, history, as well ...