Social phobia : an interpersonal approach / Ariel Stravynski, University of Montreal.

  • Stravynski, Ariel, 1949-
Date:
2014
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Description

"Social phobia is a disorder involving an intense fear of being judged by others and it affects the lives of many people. This book takes a critical stance towards the received view of social phobia as a disease of sorts, characterized by abnormal anxiety and caused by an inner mental or physical defective mechanism. Ariel Stravynski adopts an alternative approach to social phobia - as a purposeful interpersonal pattern protective against public humiliation or private rebuff. In this conception, fearfulness is the emotional facet of the socially phobic interpersonal pattern, rather than its driving force. This theoretical framework emphasizing dynamic transactions is articulated in terms of an anthropological psychology and Stravynski argues that social phobia can only be formulated and understood in interpersonal terms. He integrates all available knowledge on social phobia into his proposed framework and exemplifies its application by extending it to the assessment and treatment of the disorder"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Physical description

xviii, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-316) and index.

Contents

1. Social phobia in interpersonal perspective: a conceptual framework and theoretical statement -- 2. The received view: social phobia construed as a disorder (disease) of anxiety -- 3. The interpersonal outlook: social phobia construed as an extended fearful interpersonal pattern -- 4. Reductive-dualism I: social phobia as a consequence of bodily (brain) defects -- 5. Reductive-dualism II: social phobia as a consequence of mental (cognitive) defects -- 6. Causality at the interpersonal level: a multi-causal analysis -- 7. Assessment and functional analysis -- 8. Treatment: undoing and overhauling social phobia.

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  • 9781107007192
  • 1107007194