PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Parenting Styles, Etiology
3 Jan 2019
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Extreme sensitivity to the opinions of others. Similar to social phobia, considered by some to be part of a social anxiety spectrum - difference is internally. The fear of rejection trumps the desire to push through. Psychosocial: apd individuals born with a difficult temperament and as a result parents are more rejecting or don"t provide enough uncritical love. Supporting research: apd people described early treatment parents as: Less affectionate than the control group of subjects. Biological: higher levels of behavioural inhibition (i. e. heritable temp. The cling to the other person and submissive. Excessive reliance on others to make major and minor life decisions. Tendence to be clingy and submissive in interpersonal relationships - not many boundaries what is acceptable behaviour, they would accept not great treatment because they don"t want to be abandoned. Indecisive, they need someone else to make their decisions.
