this work supports the effectiveness of the employment of communication strategies for bet-ter and more efficient communication. communication strategies varies as a function of dif-ferent factors such as personality traits, pedagogical setting, l2 context, etc. the present re-search aimed at delving into the relationship between shyness, task nature and the frequency and type of communication ...

The crowns of neighboring trees of similar height do not interdigitate but rather are generally separated by spaces called "crown shyness" gaps. In a black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) forest in Costa Rica, the width of crown shyness gaps was positively correlated with the distance pairs of trees or branches adjacent to the gap swayed in the wind (n = 22; p< .01). Abrasion of buds, leaves and...

BACKGROUND Hikikomori (acute social withdrawal) is a social issue in Japan that affects both the society and the lives of the individual sufferers. AIMS This study aims to connect attachment theory and hikikomori by using a culturally sensitive psychosocial developmental model that outlines the various stages of attachment throughout the developmental years. METHOD Twenty-four hikikomori su...

Recent research (Cohen & Garcia, 2005) shows that threat effects may occur in the absence of direct evaluative pressure. This article extends this finding to motor behavior. The stereotype of shyness among women was activated or not, and subsequent shy behavior in front of a researcher was measured for male and female students. The threatened female students were shyer than the other three grou...

'Infant shyness', in which infants react shyly to adult strangers, presents during the third quarter of the first year. Researchers claim that shy children over the age of three years are experiencing approach-avoidance conflicts. Counter-intuitively, shy children do not avoid the eyes when scanning faces; rather, they spend more time looking at the eye region than non-shy children do. It is cu...