Social Anxiety : Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I - Delineation of Social Anxiety -- Chapter 1 - Conceptualizing and Describing Social Anxiety and Its Disorders -- Introduction -- Overlapping and contrasting emotional states -- Definitions -- Diagnostic nosology classifications -- Relation of performance deficits and social anxiety -- Forms of SAD -- Cultural and developmental considerations -- Coverage across disciplines and subdisciplines -- Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 - Avoidant Personality Disorder and its Relationship to Social Anxiety Disorder -- Introduction -- Diagnostic issues using the DSM -- Review of early findings -- Studies comparing SAD to APD -- The association of SAD to other Personality Disorders -- Treatment and outcome studies for SAD and APD -- Psychopharmacological treatment studies -- Psychological treatments -- Course of SAD -- APD and state effects -- Findings from more recent literature -- Recent empirical evidence on the construct of APD -- Recent empirical evidence on the relationship of APD and SAD -- State Personality Effects -- Findings on Disability -- Longitudinal studies -- Genetic findings -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 - Assessment of Social Anxiety and its Clinical Expressions -- The clinical interview -- Structured Interviews -- Interviewer-rated scales -- Self-report measures -- General measures of social anxiety and social anxiety disorder -- Liebowitz Social Phobic Scale-Self-Report -- Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory -- Social Interaction Anxiety Scale -- Social Phobia Scale -- Fear Questionnaire -- Social Phobia Inventory -- Mini-SPIN and Mini-SPIN-R -- Social Anxiety Disorder Dimensional Scale -- The Social Anxiety Session Change Index -- Clinically Useful Social Anxiety Disorder Outcome Scale.

Measures of theoretically derived components of social anxiety -- Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale -- Social Avoidance and Distress Scale -- Cognitive-Somatic Anxiety Questionnaire -- Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale -- Disqualification of Positive Social Experiences -- Measures of Fear of Embarrassment -- Fear and Avoidance of Eye Contact -- Self-report measures for children and adolescents -- Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents -- Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children -- Social Anxiety Scale for Children -- Social Skills Questionnaires -- Spence Children's Anxiety Scale -- Kutcher Generalized Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents -- Social Phobic Inventory in Adolescents -- SPIN and Mini-SPIN in Adolescents -- Measures of Social Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Adolescents -- Role-playing procedures -- Role-Play Test -- Simulated Social Interaction Test -- Self-monitoring -- Thought-listing and thought-endorsement procedures -- Social Interaction Self-Statement Test -- Thought-Listing and Thought-Recalling -- Psychophysiological assessment -- Cardiovascular Assessment -- Electrodermal Recordings -- Other Physiological Assessments -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 - Shyness, Social Anxiety, and Social Phobia -- Introduction -- Social Backdrop -- Shyness -- Prevalence -- Development of Chronic Shyness -- Areas of Overlap -- Age of Onset -- Adolescent Onset -- Individual Differences in Shy and Socially Phobic Individuals -- Subgroups -- Characteristics of Shy and Socially Phobic Individuals -- Somatic symptoms -- Cognitive Features and Perception -- Affective Features -- Behavior -- Family Characteristics -- Social Fitness Training -- Adding a Compassion-Focused Therapy Approach to Social Fitness Training -- References -- Chapter 5 - Embarrassment and Social Anxiety Disorder -- The Nature of Embarrassment.

Feelings -- Physiology -- Nonverbal Behavior -- Antecedent Events -- The Development of Embarrassment -- Individual Differences -- The Fundamental Cause of Embarrassment -- Behavioral Sequelae -- Others' Reactions -- Embarrassment Across Cultures -- Reprise: The Nature of Embarrassment -- Embarrassment and SAD -- Phenomenology -- Timing -- Behavioral Sequelae -- Development -- Normality and Abnormality -- Similarities of the States -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 - Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder Across Cultures -- Prevalence of social anxiety and SAD across countries -- Trait Social Anxiety -- Prevalence of SAD -- Cultural dimensions that may impact social anxiety -- Individualism and Collectivism -- Self-construal -- Cultural variations of social anxiety -- Challenges of cross-cultural assessment -- Psychological treatment of SAD across cultures -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 - Perfectionism and Perfectionistic Self-Presentation in Social Anxiety -- Case Examples Linking Perfectionism with Social Anxiety -- Unidimensional Versus Multidimensional Conceptualizations of Perfectionism -- Overview of Previous Research -- Correlational Research -- Perfectionism and the Role of Discrepancy in Social Anxiety -- Levels of Trait Perfectionism in Clinically Diagnosed Social Phobia -- Extending the Hewitt and Flett (1991) Model: Perfectionistic Self-Presentation -- Further Extensions of the Model: Perfectionism Cognitions -- Toward an Extended Model of Perfectionism and Social Anxiety -- Treatment Implications -- Summary and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 8 - Social Phobia1 as a Deficit in Social Skills -- Introduction -- Aim and method -- The notion of social skills -- What are social skills? -- Two views of social skills -- The intra-personal view of social skills -- The interpersonal view of social skills.

Assessment of the social skills of the socially phobic -- Self-reports -- Scale for Interpersonal Behavior -- The Social Performance Survey Schedule -- Role-play tests -- The Simulated Social Interaction Test -- Is the use of role-play tests as behavioral measures of social skills warranted? -- Skills deficits and social phobia-direct and indirect evidence -- Are highly shy/socially anxious individuals less skilled than those who are not? -- Are the socially phobic different from normal individuals in their skills? -- Are any socially phobic sub-groups deficient in their social skills? -- Are better skills acquired through social skills training? -- Uncontrolled studies -- Controlled studies -- Is improvement in performance of social tasks related to skill-acquisition? -- Discussion -- Social phobia as a problem in social functioning -- The treatment of social phobia as an antidote to its etiology, or social skills training for social skills deficits -- References -- Chapter 9 - Social Anxiety Disorder and Its Relation to Clinical Syndromes in Adulthood -- Comorbidity in Studies Using DSM-III and DSM-III-R Criteria -- Comorbidity in Studies Using DSM-IV Criteria -- Lifetime Comorbidity Rates -- Current Comorbidity Rates -- Comorbidity Between Social Anxiety Disorder and Other Conditions -- Eating Disorders -- Body Dysmorphic Disorder -- Bipolar Disorder -- Psychosis -- Suicidality -- Cross-Cultural Expressions of Comorbidity and Individual Differences in Comorbidity -- Comment and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 10 - Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents -- History and morphology of social anxiety disorder (Social phobia) -- Biological factors -- Genetic Influence -- Brain/Cognitive Development -- Amygdala -- Prefrontal Cortex -- Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity.

Stress Response and Subjective Experiences of Psychophysiological Arousal -- Puberty -- Developmental factors -- Attachment -- Temperament -- Social factors -- Parenting Style -- Peer Influence -- The maintenance of childhood social anxiety: a cognitive-behavioral model -- Evidence-based treatment of social anxiety -- Conclusion/future directions -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11 - Prevention and Early Intervention of Social Anxiety Disorder -- Understanding social anxiety -- The development of social anxiety -- Risk factors in the development of anxious symptomology -- Protective factors in the development of social anxiety -- Summary of risk and protective factors for social anxiety -- Prevention and early intervention of social anxiety -- Types of prevention -- Anxiety prevention -- Challenges in implementing prevention programs -- Summary of anxiety prevention and early intervention methodology -- Prevention programs -- Preschool Intervention Project -- The Coping and Promoting Strength Program -- The FRIENDS programs -- FRIENDS programs in the early intervention and prevention of anxiety -- FRIENDS program as a universal prevention -- FRIENDS programs in children at risk for anxiety -- Future Research Directions and Summary -- References -- Part II - Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter 12 - Neuroendocrinology and Neuroimaging Studies of Social Anxiety Disorder -- Introduction -- Neuroendocrinology of Social Anxiety Disorder -- Neuroanatomy of Social Anxiety Disorder -- Brain Imaging Approaches -- Structural Brain Imaging -- Functional Brain Imaging: Task-related "Activation" Studies -- Emotional Face Processing -- Emotion Regulation -- Symptom Provocation -- Social Interactions -- Non-Social Negative and Positive Emotional Processing -- Functional Brain Imaging: "Resting State" Studies.

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