Japanese Customers:Are Japanese children shy compared to the children of other cultures? Research shows differences?

According to research

"Israeli children are said to be the most confident in the world, 

while Japanese and Taiwanese youngsters are the shyest" 

But what is shyness?

"Dr Bernardo Carducci, director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University,.. explains: “Shyness is characterised by three major features: 


1.excessive self-consciousness,
 2. excessive negative self-evaluation and
3. excessive negative self-preoccupation."

Other factors that are said to affect shyness include 

"Bullying, the presence of domineering siblings, overprotective parents..can all lead to shyness"

Source:Why we are shy

From The Times, by Anjana Ahuja

July 24, 2007

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/

life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article2125575.ece

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