Social Anxiety (Emotions and Social Behavior) - Softcover

Leary, Mark R.; Kowalski, Robin Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572302631 ISBN 13: 9781572302631

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1997

Synopsis

Social anxiety is a pervasive part of everyday life. Whether experienced during public speaking, in casual conversation, or in interactions with a boss, a potential romantic partner, or a complete stranger, feelings of anxiety, uncertainty, and awkwardness are often the consequence of quite ordinary encounters. Why does social anxiety occur? Why are some people more prone to it than others? A complete and authoritative review of the latest theory and research, this book examines the situational, dispositional, and evolutionary causes of social anxiety, its physiological, cognitive, and emotional aspects, and strategies for prevention and treatment. Special features include scales for measuring different manifestations of social anxiety as well as concise boxed segments highlighting topics of particular interest.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark R. Leary, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University. His research interests focus on social motivation and emotion, particularly processes involving self-presentation, social anxiety, and self-esteem. The author of a number of books, he is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Robin Mark Kowalski, PhD, has taught at Wake Forest University and Western Carolina University, where she is currently Assistant Professor of Psychology. Her research interests include social anxiety, social psychological factors in health and illness, gender and aggression, and complaining. Her research on complaining has received national attention, including an appearance on NBC's Today Show.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

1. The Stage Fright of Everyday Life
2. The Interpersonal Basis of Social Anxiety
3. Self-Presentational Motivation
4. Self-Presentational Expectancies
5. Self-Presentational Disasters
6. Trait Social Anxiety and Social Phobia
7. Subjective Aspects of Social Anxiety: Physiology,Cognition, and Emotion
8. Interpersonal Behavior
9. Chasing Away the Butterflies

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1572302631
• ISBN 13: 9781572302631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244