Social Anxiety
Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives
- 4th Edition - October 1, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Patricia M. DiBartolo, Stefan G. Hofmann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 1 4 6 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 1 4 7 - 8
Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive view of what social anxiety is, how it is related to shyness and embarr… Read more
Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive view of what social anxiety is, how it is related to shyness and embarrassment, and its assessment and treatment. The book integrates research by social and developmental psychologists with findings on Social Anxiety Disorder in psychiatry, neuroscience, and clinical psychology. The new edition is fully updated, including four new chapters on issues related to gender, social media, a meta-analysis on treatment choices, and novel treatments.
- Covers perspectives from psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience
- Identifies the relationship between social anxiety and perfectionism
- Provides meta-analysis on effective treatments
- Discusses mediators of change in the treatment of social anxiety disorder
- Includes new chapters on gender, social media, and novel emerging treatments
Clinical practitioner psychologists treating anxiety disorders, clinical researcher psychologists studying anxiety disorders .Graduate courses on Anxiety
Part One. Delineation of Social Anxiety
1. Conceptualizing and Describing Social Anxiety and its Disorders
2. Assessment of Social Anxiety and Its Clinical Expressions
3. Shyness, Social Anxiety, and Social Anxiety Disorder
4. Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder Across Cultures
5. Social Anxiety, Gender, and Sexuality
6. Social Anxiety Disorder and its Relationship to Perfectionism
7. Social Anxiety Disorder as a Deficit in Social Skills
8. The Development and Clinical Impact of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Part Two. Theoretical Perspectives
9. Biological Model/s of Social Anxiety Disorder
10. Developmental Model/s of Social Anxiety
11. Behavioral Model/s of Social Anxiety
12. Self-Regulation and Interpersonal Model/s of Social Anxiety
13. Social Context and Social Media Model/s of Social Anxiety
14. Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Model of Social Anxiety
15. Evolutionary Model of Social Anxiety
Part Three. Treatment Approaches
16. Meta-analytic Approach for Treatment Choice
17. Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Treatments-by-Dimensions Review
18. An Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Social Anxiety
19. Novel Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder
20. Summary and Future Directions
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Language: English
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Patricia M. DiBartolo
Associate Professor of Psychology Patricia M. DiBartolo works at Smith College in Northampton MA, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton MA, USASH
Stefan G. Hofmann
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory, Boston University, MA, USA