Human Growth and Development / Unit 8 HGD 1069 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Anxious and Regulated Shyness
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The idea
Western parents tend to worry about shyness more than Chinese or other Asian parents; researchers distinguish anxious shyness from regulated, culturally adaptive shyness.
In practice
Among children of Asian immigrants, anxiously shy children lonelier and more excluded than regulated-shy peers.
Where people slip
The misconception is that every shy child needs fixing; less acculturated parents encouraged regulated shyness as a value.
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