The findings provide empirical evidence for long-standing ideas first articulated by the late Jerome Kagan several decades ago. He argued that temperamental shyness may exist as a distinct category for some children and the features that define this category are relatively stable across time and context. In addition to this subset of temperamentally shy children, researchers found that a larger subset of children may experience shyness as an emotional state in some situations.
According to recent research, shyness is characterised by dread and anxiety in the face of social novelty and/or social judgement. Although behavioural, affecti
The study reveals that 10 percent of children showed social stress reactivity to the speech on behavioural, and physiological levels, and also had a pattern of relatively higher, stable parent-reported temperamental shyness.