Journal article
The Relationship of Behavioral Inhibition and Shyness to Anxiety Disorder
Abstract
Behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar is a temperamental construct that refers to a characteristic propensity to react to both social and nonsocial novelty with inhibition. In contrast, shyness refers to feelings of discomfort in social situations but not nonsocial situations. Both shyness and behavioral inhibition are associated with anxiety disorders in children and adults. We compared the role of social and nonsocial inhibition in …
Authors
VAN AMERINGEN M; MANCINI C; OAKMAN JM
Journal
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 186, No. 7, pp. 425–431
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
7 1998
DOI
10.1097/00005053-199807000-00007
ISSN
0022-3018