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She's Just Shy: A Phenomenological Study of Shyness IVANA G UGLIETTI-KELLY MALCOLM R. WESTCOTT Most of us know at least one of them: a child who is talkative, attention- seeking, even tyrannical at home, but quiet and clingy at school; a toddler who tells perfect strangers intimate family history, but hides under tables or behind skirts when asked to greet a visitor; a child, adolescent, or adult who can explain any number of avoidance behaviors with the simple phrase "I'm shy." What is shyness? One can describe it from external behaviors as has been done above, but this does not explain what shyness means to the shy person. What does the shy individual experience? Does all behavior labelled shy have the same experiential structure? The present research aims to answer this question through phenomenological analysis of proto- cols provided by shy people. (We are indebted to the anonymous review- ers of the paper for their provocative comments.) METHOD There is a personal note in this research, motivated largely by the first author's attempt to gain an understanding of the topic as a result of personal issues with shyness. The personal note is maintained in the presentation through the
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1990
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