Research

The publications listed here report research carried out by The Shyness Institute. The Shyness Institute is a non-profit research institution dedicated to research regarding shyness, social anxiety, and related anxiety disorders.

A central focus of this work is the development of The Social Fitness Model, which views capabilities in demanding social situations as analogous to capabilities in demanding physical situations: one needs to get and remain fit if one expects to be able to function. Social fitness is achieved through practice.

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2012

• Compassionate Social Fitness: Theory and Practice. Presentation given at the 2012 ADAA Conference.
  

2011

• Social Fitness: The Online Treatment of Shyness. Abstract of results of online study.
  

2010

• ShyQ. Poster given at the ABCTconference, San Francisco, CA.
• Shyness, Social Anxiety and Social Phobia, Henderson, L., & Zimbardo, P. (2009, in press; draft – do not cite). In S. G. Hofmann & P. M. DiBartolo (Eds.), Social anxiety: Clinical, developmental, and social perspectives, second edition  (2nd ed.). Taramani, Chennai,India: Elsevier.
• Testing Treatment Fit Among Social Phobic and Shy Patients: In Search of Specific Treatment Effects, Kimpara, S., Henderson, L., & Beutler, L. E. (2010, Doctoral dissertation). The effectiveness of the integrative approach incorporated into the Social Fitness Training was mediated by level of internalizing coping style.

2009

• ShyQ. Poster given at the Connecticut Psychological Association meeting.
• Social Fitness: Theory and Practice. Presentation given at the Connecticut Psychological Association meeting.

2007

• Shyness and Communal vs. Individualistic Orientations: Sensitivity to Emotion. Poster presented at ABCT.

2006

• APA Shyness brochure. A waitingroom brochure, prepared for the "Talk to someone who can help" series of the American Psychological Assocation.
• Social Fitness: Theory and Practice. Paper presented at Kaiser Permanente, March 27, 2006
• Social Fitness: Theory and Practice. Paper presented June 29, 2006
• Social Allergens and Frustrated Interpersonal Motives. with Leonard Horowitz. Paper presented at the Society of Interpersonal Theory and Research, June, 2006
• Supporting Distance Meetings. Social skills in distance meetings with Austin Henderson, May, 2006
• Gifted and shy. In Duke Gifted Newsletter.

2005

• From quiet rage to quiet revolution. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association, 85th annual meeting, Portland, Oregon
• Social allergies and frustrated interpersonal motives. Paper presented at the Society for Interpersonal theory and research, 8th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

2003

• Shyness and Self-Preoccupation: Effects on Conversation Partners Poster presentation at the American Association of Behavior Therapy, November, 2003.
• Perceptions of Facial Affect in the Shy and the Not-shy Poster presentation at the American Association of Behavior Therapy, November, 2003.
• Shame and Anger in Chronic Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder unpublished paper.

2002

• Participation, Trust and Distance Collaboration Slides from a presentation at the University of Michigan, February, 2002.
• Measuring the Dimensions of Shyness: SHYQ Slides from a presentation given at the Conference of the Western Psychological Association, San Diego, April, 2002.
• The Shy Q, a Measure of Chronic Shyness: Associations with Interpersonal Motive and Interpersonal Values Handout from a poster presented at the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, May, 2002.
• Shyness and Self-Preoccupation Effects on Conversation Partners Slides from a presentation at the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, May, 2002.
• Shyness and College Admissions (slides).
• Social Fitness and Technical Use: Adolescent Interview Study (unpublished paper).
• Comparing Social Fitness and Technology Use at the High School and College Level (unpublished paper).
• The Shy Q, a Measure of Chronic Shyness: Associations With Interpersonal Motives, Interpersonal Values and Self-Conceptualizations. Handout from a poster presentation at American Association of Behavior Therapy, November, 2002.

2001

• Research Report: The Henderson/Zimbardo Shyness Questionnaire: a new scale to measure chronic shyness
• Research Report: Social Fitness Training, Restructuring Self-blaming Attributions and Reducing Shame: Preliminary Data
• Journal Article: Banerjee, R., & Henderson, L. (in press). Social-cognitive factors in chilldhood social anxiety: a preliminary investigation.Social Development.
• Journal Article: Henderson, L. (in press). Fearfulness predicts self-blame and shame in shyness. Personality and Individual Differences.
• Book Chapter: Henderson, L., & Zimbardo, P. (2001a). Shyness as a clinical condition: The Stanford Model. In L. Alden & R. Crozier (Eds.), International Handbook of Social Anxiety . Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons.
• Book Chapter: Henderson, L., & Zimbardo, P. (2001b). Shyness, social anxiety and social phobia. In S. Hofmann & P. di Bartolo (Eds.), From social anxiety to social phobia (pp. 46-64). Needham Heights: Allyn & Bacon.

2000

• Research Report: Shyness and Technology Use in High School Students
• Research Report: Social Anxiety, Negative Emotion, and Social Cognition in Children: Results of Social Skills Groups
• Journal Article: St. Lorant, T., Henderson, L., & Zimbardo, P. (2000). Co-morbidity in a shyness clinic sample. Depression and Anxiety, 12, 232-237.
• Jounral Arcticle: Hayward, C., Varady, S., Albano, A. M., Thienemann, M., Henderson, L., & Schatzberg, A. F. (2000). Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for social phobia in female adolescents: Results of a pilot study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(6), 721-726.

1999

• Magazine article: CPA Magazine
• Paper: Comorbidity in Shyness Clinic Clients
• Article in: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Neuroscience
• Conference paper: Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research 99
• Henderson, L., Discussant Comments: Social Fitness Theory, APA, Boston, MA, 19999

1998

• Conference Paper at APA 1998: Trouble in River City: Shame and Anger in Chronic Shyness
• Henderson, L., & Zimbardo, Philip. Shyness. Encyclopedia of Mental Health. San Diego: Academic Press.

1997

• Journal paper: MMPI Profiles of Shyness in Clinic Patients, Psychological Reports, v80, pp 695-702. (abstract)
• Social Fitness Training with College Students, Lynne Henderson, Alejandro Martinez, Philip Zimbardo, Stanford University, USA; International Conference on Shyness and Self-Consciousness, Cardiff, Wales, UK; July 16,1997

1996

• Henderson, L., & Zimbardo, P. (1996). Shyness and control: Behavior? Impression on Others? "Second Effort?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Orlando, Florida.

1995

1994

• Henderson, L. (1994). Differentiating self-blame in a high school sample. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Santa Monica, California.

1993

1992

• Henderson, L. (1992). Self-blame and shame in shyness. Dissertation Abstracts International (University Microfilms).
• Henderson, L. (1992). Mean MMPI profile of shyness clinic referrals. Paper presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Boston, Massachusetts. (in revision for Psychological Reports)
• Henderson, L. (1992). "Shyness Groups" in M. McKay & K. Paleg (Eds.), Focal psychotherapy groups. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.

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