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Differences in the Internal Process - When the
psychological processes of Social Phobia and Shyness are examined from
the perspective of Psychological Process
self-concept and self-actualization
two subtle but significant differences can be observed.
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The first one is that there is a greater number of
negative
self-references
in Social Phobia than in Shyness. This means that there
are more areas of
self negatively evaluated in the
Social Phobia
sufferer.
The second difference is that Social Phobia suffers experience a greater loss of balance between the Psychological Process
self-concept
in relation to the capacity to face the external
threat
and the view of the other as
threatner.
In other words, in Shyness there occurs doubts regarding one’s performance capacity, and the Shyness sufferer views the other as potentially able to make criticisms, whereas in Social Phobia there is added to this the great
fragility of self and
the perception of the other as ready to take advantage of
this situation.
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