The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal

353 Pages·2010·1.755 MB·English

by  Kenneth H. Rubin Phd, Robert J. Coplan PhD

The DevelopmenT of ShyneSS
anD Social WiThDraWal
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT
Kenneth H. Rubin, Series Editor
handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and Groups
Edited by Kenneth H. Rubin, William M. Bukowski, and Brett Laursen
The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal
Edited by Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan
The Development
of Shyness
and Social Withdrawal
Edited by
Kenneth h. Rubin
RobeRt J. Coplan
the GuilfoRd pRess
new York london
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To our sociable and well-regulated children,
Amy and Joshua Rubin and Adam and Jaimie Coplan,
and to our grandchildren, Julius and Isabella Rubin
and Jonah-Bear Rubin Flett

about the editors
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 relation-
ships 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 inter-
ests concern the overlap between children’s social–emotional functioning
and developmental psychopathology, with a primary focus on the develop-
ment 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 Child-
hood and Adolescence: A Contemporary Reader.
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contributors
Yair Amichai-Hamburger, PhD, Sammy Ofer School of Communications,
Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel
Jens B. Asendorpf, PhD, Department of Psychology, Humboldt University,
Berlin, Germany
Julie Bowker, PhD, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The
State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Arnold H. Buss, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, Texas
Charissa S. L. Cheah, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Baltimore, Maryland
Xinyin Chen, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Jeremy S. Cohen, MA, Department of Psychology, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert J. Coplan, PhD, Department of Psychology, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sarah A. Crawley, MA, Department of Psychology, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
W. Ray Crozier, PhD, School of Social Work and Psychology, University of
East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Julie M. Edmunds, MA, Department of Psychology, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Evans, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Nathan A. Fox, PhD, Department of Human Development, University of
Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
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