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Social anxiety is the same as shyness.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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2 sources for · 3 against

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Is it true that social anxiety is the same as shyness?

Partly. Peer-reviewed studies disagree: some factor analyses find shyness and social anxiety scales measure the same construct, while other research reports only limited overlap and treats them as distinct conditions differing in severity and impairment.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 2 sources for, 3 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 2
Shyness and Social Anxiety Assessed Through Self-Report: What Are We Measuring?
2017
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Shyness and Social Anxiety Assessed Through Self-Report: What Are We Measuring?. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1388808

Evidence against · 3
Shyness and Social Anxiety.
1983
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G., M. C. (1983). Shyness and Social Anxiety.. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED243033

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Brief Report: Discriminating Between Problems in Living: An Examination of Measures of Depression, Loneliness, Shyness, and Social Anxiety
1988
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Brief Report: Discriminating Between Problems in Living: An Examination of Measures of Depression, Loneliness, Shyness, and Social Anxiety. (1988). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.1988.6.3-4.482

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Structural and Functional Connectivity Changes in the Brain Associated with Shyness but Not with Social Anxiety
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Structural and Functional Connectivity Changes in the Brain Associated with Shyness but Not with Social Anxiety. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063151

Social Anxiety, Shyness-Inhibition and Conceptualized Self: A Qualitative Investigation in Collectivistic Cultures
2024
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Social Anxiety, Shyness-Inhibition and Conceptualized Self: A Qualitative Investigation in Collectivistic Cultures. (2024). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.71016/hnjss/ag7qq619

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