Social Anxiety

Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives

Patricia M. DiBartolo, Stefan G. Hofmann (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

632 Seiten

2010 | 2nd edition
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-375096-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Social anxiety is a condition in which people become overwhelmingly anxious and excessively self-conscious in everyday social situations, so much so that they are unable to undertake ordinary activities. This book weaves together research findings gathered by renowned minds across various disciplines, and chapters deal with theory and research.

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Social Anxiety Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives, Second Edition, provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding social anxiety disorder (SAD) by bringing together research across several disciplines, including social psychology, developmental psychology, behavior genetics, and clinical psychology. The book explains the different aspects of social anxiety and social phobia in adults and children, including the evolution of terminology and constructs, assessment procedures, relationship to personality disorders, and psychopathology. It considers most prominent theoretical perspectives on social anxiety and SAD discussed by social psychologists, developmental psychologists, behavior geneticists, clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists. These theoretical perspectives emphasize different factors that can contribute to the etiology and/or maintenance of social anxiety/SAD. Treatment approaches are also discussed, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure intervention, social skills training. The contents of this volume represent some of the best views and thoughts in the field. It is hoped that the breadth of perspectives offered will help foster continued interdisciplinary dialogue and efforts toward cross-fertilization to advance the understanding, conceptualization, and treatment of chronic and debilitating social anxiety.

Autor

Stefan G. Hofmann is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory at Boston University. Dr. Hofmann has served as President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy. His research focuses on the mechanism of treatment change, translating discoveries from neuroscience into clinical applications, emotions, and cultural expressions of psychopathology.

Inhalt

Part One. Delineation of Social Anxiety Disorder
1. Terminology and Evolution of Constructs
2. Assessment of Social Anxiety and Its Clinical Expressions
3. Shyness, Social Anxiety, and Social Anxiety Disorder
4. Embarrassment and Social Anxiety: Distant Cousins or Close Kin?
5. Social Anxiety Disorder and its Relationship to Perfectionism
6. Social Anxiety Disorder as a Deficit in Social Skills
7. Social Anxiety Disorder and Its Relationship to Clinical Syndromes in Adulthood
8. The Relationship of Social Anxiety Disorder to Avoidant Personality Disorder
9. The Development and Clinical Impact of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Part Two. Theoretical Perspectives
10. Neuroendocrinology and Neuroimaging Studies in Social Anxiety Disorder
11. Genetic Basis of Social Anxiety Disorder
12. Temperamental Contributions to Affective and Behavioral Profiles in Childhood
13. Behavioral Theories of Social Anxiety Disorder: Contributions of Basic Behavioral Principles
14. Cognitive biases in Social Anxiety Disorder
15. Social Anxiety Disorder: An Information-Processing Perspective
16. An Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Social Anxiety
17. Social Anxiety Disorder and the Self
18. Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety

Part Three. Treatment Approaches
19. Psychopharmacology
20. Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Treatments-by-Dimensions Review
21. Comparison between pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
22. Mechanisms of Action in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder
23. Summary and Future Directions

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2010
• Verlagsort: San Diego
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 1140 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• ISBN-10: 0-12-375096-2 / 0123750962
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-375096-9 / 9780123750969
• Zustand: Neuware