Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 97-108.

The study examines the change effect of brief Morita counseling, based on Morita therapy, as an intervention with shy adolescent females (n = 12). The design used was a multiple-baseline across subjects with a time lag for treatment intervention. Subjects were selected from the mainstream student body at a Vancouver secondary school following screening with the Cheek and Buss (1981) Shyness Scale used in identifying shyness in individuals. Eligible students were randomly assigned to one of three groups each consisting of four subjects. The intervention consisted of 4 - 45 minute instructional-type group counseling sessions conducted over a 4-week period. Repeated measures were administered bi-weekly throughout the study period of 14 weeks. Clearly noticable changes in the positive direction occurred for the majority of subjects on almost all sub-scales. Subjects in the post-intervention phase reported greater coping effectiveness in their target situations, greater acceptance of their shy nature, less intensity of, and disturbance by anxious feelings and less difficulty in taking desired action despite anxiety. Behavioral counts taken pre- and post-intervention also support the positive change findings. Implications for further research are discussed. / Education, Faculty of / Graduate

NJ, Rutgers Univ., Diss.--New Brunswick, 2000. / The emotional culture of shyness from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century -- "Build him a dais" : shyness and heterosexuality from the roles of the fifties to the rules of the nineties -- Assertive women and timid men? : race, heterosexuality, and shyness -- Shyness from nine to five -- "Intimacy is a difficult art" : the changing role of shyness -- In friendship.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006.

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine cross-situational consistency and cultural similarities and differences in shyness as a personality trait assessed through aggregation methods and act frequency methods. The first chapter describes our first aim of the investigation using the aggregation approach as a behavioural technique for studying the cross-situational consistency of personality. This involves comparison of the correlation of single ratings with the aggregate of other ratings for the shyness trait which results in higher agreement between self-other ratings across the two cultures. The second aim was to examine the existence of cultural and sex differences. The results offered support for the existence of cultural differences across the shyness measures. However, the data showed inconsistent sex differences across cultures. In the second chapter, we have examined another behavioural technique or another formal aggregation in studying the cross-situational and the cross-cultural examination of shyness assessed through act frequency methods which revealed substantial differences between the two cultures in the performance of act categories. In the present study, 100 acts for each pole of shyness dimension were generated through nomination procedures separately for each culture. The prototypicality of the shyness and unshyness acts for the respective poles of the dimension was judged by expert and college students panel. Substantial agreement in these ratings exists within and between poles. In this manner, the internal structure of the act category was specified. In the main study the validities of these scales (act categories) were investigated using the multiple act criterion based on the most prototypical acts. These acts were predicted with greater success than multiple act criterion based on the least prototypical acts in each acts category for both cultures by personality scales.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-257). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis--University of Florida. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-233).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-129).

Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 07, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-43).

Previous research indicates a link between shyness and the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion, particularly among children. The current study examined college students’ facial recognition as a potential influence on their levels of self-reported shyness. Three factors related to facial expression recognition were examined: the participants’ ability to accurately identify facial expressions, their ratings of the intensity of the faces, and their tendency to make positive or negative interpretation errors. Demographic variables, introversion, self esteem, and mood were also examined for their ability to predict shyness. The results indicated a weak relationship between facial expression recognition and shyness. Possible limitations and future directions for research are addressed in light of these new findings. / Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of Psychological Science