Essentials of Social Anxiety is a shorter, revised paperback edition of The International Handbook of Social Anxiety, focusing on developmental and clinical perspectives. It is organized into two parts: The Development of Social Anxiety; and Clinical Perspectives and Interventions. Like the International Handbook, it covers research, assessment and treatment, giving clinical practitioners comprehensive coverage of the area and a single concise desk reference.About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Constructs of Social Anxiety (W. Ray Crozier, and Lynn E. Alden).
SECTION ONE: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Introduction The Development of Social Anxiety (W. Ray Crozier and Lynn E. Alden).
Chapter 2. Biological and Environmental Contributions to Childhood Shyness: A Diathesis-Stress Model (Louis A. Schmidt, Cindy P. Polak, and Andrea L. Spooner).
Chapter 3. Behavioral Inhibition: Physiological Correlates (Peter J. Marshall and Joan Stevenson-Hinde).
Chapter 4. Origins of the Self-Conscious Child (Michael Lewis).
Chapter 5.  Behavioral Inhibition, Social Withdrawal, and Parenting (Kim B. Burgess, Kenneth H. Rubin, Charissa S. L. Cheah, and Larry J. Nelson).
SECTION TWO: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES AND INTERVENTIONS.
Introduction Social Anxiety as a Clinical Condition (Lynn E. Alden and W. Ray Crozier).
Chapter 6. Social Phobia in Children and Adolescents: Nature and Assessment (Ronald M. Rapee and Lynne Sweeney).
Chapter 7. Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Psychological Treatments (Lynne Sweeney and Ronald M. Rapee).
Chapter 8. Interpersonal Perspectives on Social Phobia (Lynn E. Alden).
Chapter 9. A Cognitive Perspective oló¤
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