Childhood shyness can be advantageous – don’t pathologise it
Given their cautious vigilance, shy children are more likely to detect social threats and anticipate how events will unfold
by Raha Hassan & Kristie Poole
Kristie Poole is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She studies children’s socioemotional development, with a focus on the origins and outcomes of temperamental shyness. She completed her PhD in developmental psychology in 2020 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.
Written by Kristie Poole