Title: Exploring Shyness and Social Interaction in Women: A Mixed-Methods Study

Biography:

Archana Raghavan is currently an associate psychologist, training as an integrative therapist. She graduated from Middlesex University. She has presented in conferences such as British Computer Society, 2019 and Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Psychology (ERPBSS), 2020 and won awards for it. She likes to research on like to research on mental health disorders, personality disorders, individual differences, trauma, ancestral wellness and the impact of culture and community on mental health and social policies. In her spare time, she writes for online newspapers on topics such as mental health and social psychology. She also runs a psychoeducational account on Instagram (@mind_alley).

Abstract

Shyness significantly contributes towards social anxiety and social isolation (de Moor, Denollet, & Laceulle, 2018). Although shyness and social interaction has been studied, in relation to environmental stressors and familial relationships, in younger children and adolescents (Gazelle, Peter & Karkavandi, 2014), they have not been adequately explored in young adults (Amin, 2017). Previous studies further explored how social and personal factors were affected in women due to shyness (Van Zalk, Lamb & Rentfrow, 2017; Stickley et al., 2016). However, they lacked ethnographical perspectives and were primarily consisted of western samples (Carducci & Barrett, 2016).