For psychologists, «personality» captures the patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour that are relatively stable within individuals in different situations and across time: people who are organised at work are also likely to be organised at home;
shy children often grow up to be shy adults.
Not exact matches
Counselors, educators, clergy and other clinicians
often shy away from asking
children — and adults — questions about it.
Introverted
children are
often mistaken for
shy children, but being introverted and being
shy aren't the same thing.
Young
children who are painfully
shy and reluctant to speak are
often misdiagnosed, especially when they are observed only in school or a clinician's office.
«One - on - one time is especially helpful for
children who are more introverted,
shy, or
often mold to their environments,» says Roberts.
Professionals and teachers will
often tell a parent, the
child is just
shy, or they will outgrow their silence.
Many
children are left undiagnosed and are
often just thought of as
shy.
And women who survive cancer are
often ineligible to adopt
children because agencies
shy away from that lifetime risk of reoccurrence.
Adults
often shy away from the idea of taking medication on a daily basis, or worse, giving it to their
children who have been diagnosed with ADHD.
It's not that the Tom of the early scenes is a
shy child — she seems confidently a partner of her father's more than a typical kid — but we see Tom change ever so slightly,
often under the warmth of the kindness of strangers trying to help them, and McKenzie handles every single beat.
Schools
often shy away from identifying
children as gifted for fear that they will later have to tell the
child he or she isn't really gifted after all.
Schools have
often shied away from early intervention precisely because of the challenge of identification, and because initial assessments are
often minimal estimations of a
child's actual talent.
Men
often shy away from taking time off to care for
children, fearing possible ramifications at work.
Children who are highly reactive and
shy often have difficulty with managing fears and worries.
Children with anxious temperaments are
often cautious in their outlook and
shy in relating to other people.
Anxious or depressed
Child clings to adults or is too dependent; feelings are easily hurt; gets too upset when separated from parents; looks unhappy without good reason; nervous, high - strung, or tense; overtired; self - conscious or easily embarrassed;
shy or timid; too fearful or anxious; unhappy, sad, or depressed; wants a lot of attention (11 items, each rated as «
often true,» «sometimes true,» or «never true»; Cronbach α =.68)
Peer - accepted
children may be
shy or assertive, but they
often have well - developed communication skills.
Shy, passive
children who are actively disliked and rejected by classmates
often become teased and victimized.
Children who are highly reactive and
shy often have difficulty managing fears and worries, and may need some extra help to develop coping skills.