Social Anxiety

About this book

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.