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DrNejraVan Zalk

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Factors
 
 
 
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RCS 1M04ADyson BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Van:2017:10.1111/jopy.12291,
author = {Van, Zalk N and Lamb, ME and Rentfrow, PJ},
doi = {10.1111/jopy.12291},
journal = {Journal of Personality},
pages = {830--840},
title = {Does shyness vary according to attained social roles? Trends across age groups in a large British sample},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12291},
volume = {85},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - ObjectiveThe current study investigated (a) how a composite measure of shyness comprising introversion and neuroticism relates to other wellknown constructs involving social fears, and (b) whether mean levels of shyness vary for men and women depending on the adoption of various social roles.MethodStudy 1 used a sample of 211 UK participants aged 17–70 (64% female; Mage = 47.90). Study 2 used data from a large crosssectional data set with UK participants aged 17–70 (Ntarget = 552,663; 64% female; Mage = 34.19 years).ResultsStudy 1 showed that shyness measured as a composite of introversion and neuroticism was highly correlated with other constructs involving social fears. Study 2 indicated that, controlling for various sociodemographic variables, females appeared to have higher levels, whereas males appeared to have lower levels of shyness. Males and females who were in employment had the lowest shyness levels, whereas those working in unskilled jobs had the highest levels and people working in sales the lowest levels of shyness. Participants in relationships had lower levels of shyness than those not in relationships, but parenthood was not associated with shyness.ConclusionsMean levels of shyness are likely to vary according to adopted social roles, gender, and age.
AU  - Van,Zalk N
AU  - Lamb,ME
AU  - Rentfrow,PJ
DO  - 10.1111/jopy.12291
EP  - 840
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0022-3506
SP  - 830
TI  - Does shyness vary according to attained social roles? Trends across age groups in a large British sample
T2  - Journal of Personality
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12291
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000419985200007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74873
VL  - 85
ER  -
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