Dr. Raha Hassan's Google Scholar Page: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=Bs88VC0AAAAJ
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lacroix, P. J., Sangha, R., Poole, K. L., Schmidt, L. A., Hassan, R. (2025). What do we think of shy adults? Influence of one’s own shyness and sociability. Journal of Personality, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.70020. [PDF]
Hassan, R., & Schmidt, L. A. (2024). A dyadic investigation of shy children's behavioral and affective responses to delivering a speech. Developmental Science, e13558. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13558 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2024). Shyness and inhibitory control in preschool dyads: An actor partner model of social behavior. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001663 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2024). How biology shapes the development of shyness within specific contexts: A longitudinal, cross-lagged investigation. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001656 [PDF]
Hassan, R., Smith, C.L., Schmidt, L.A., Brook, C.A., & Bell, M.A. (2023). Developmental patterns of shyness from two to six years: Relations with children’s physiological, emotional, and regulatory responses to unfair treatment. Child Development, 94, 1745-1761.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13961 [PDF]
Hassan, R., & Schmidt, L. A. (2023). Shyness, inhibitory control, and social support seeking in preschoolers: Role of familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Emotion, 23, 1373–1384. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001166 [PDF]
Poole, K.L., Hassan, R., Schmidt, L.A. (2022). Two-factor structure of social-evaluative fear in children: Distinguishing fear of negative and positive evaluation in social anxiety. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44, 800–810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-022-09968-6 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2022). Inhibitory control, dyadic social behavior, and mental health difficulties in preschoolers. Child Development, 93, e251–e265. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13725 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Trajectories of behavioral avoidance in real time: Associations with temperament and physiological dysregulation in preschoolers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 209, 105177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105177 [PDF]
Hassan, R., Willoughby, T., & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Shyness and prosocial tendencies during adolescence: Prospective influence of two types of self-regulation. Emotion, 21, 1721–1730. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000986 [PDF]
Poole, K.L., Hassan, R., & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Temperamental shyness, frontal EEG theta/beta ratio, and social anxiety in children. Child Development, 92, 2006-2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13564 [PDF]
Hassan, R., Willoughby, T., & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Development of shyness across adolescence: Reactivity, regulation, or both? Developmental Psychology, 57, 421–431. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001159 [PDF]
Hassan, R., & Schmidt, L. A. (2024). A dyadic investigation of shy children's behavioral and affective responses to delivering a speech. Developmental Science, e13558. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13558 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2024). Shyness and inhibitory control in preschool dyads: An actor partner model of social behavior. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001663 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2024). How biology shapes the development of shyness within specific contexts: A longitudinal, cross-lagged investigation. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001656 [PDF]
Hassan, R., Smith, C.L., Schmidt, L.A., Brook, C.A., & Bell, M.A. (2023). Developmental patterns of shyness from two to six years: Relations with children’s physiological, emotional, and regulatory responses to unfair treatment. Child Development, 94, 1745-1761.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13961 [PDF]
Hassan, R., & Schmidt, L. A. (2023). Shyness, inhibitory control, and social support seeking in preschoolers: Role of familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Emotion, 23, 1373–1384. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001166 [PDF]
Poole, K.L., Hassan, R., Schmidt, L.A. (2022). Two-factor structure of social-evaluative fear in children: Distinguishing fear of negative and positive evaluation in social anxiety. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44, 800–810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-022-09968-6 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2022). Inhibitory control, dyadic social behavior, and mental health difficulties in preschoolers. Child Development, 93, e251–e265. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13725 [PDF]
Hassan, R. & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Trajectories of behavioral avoidance in real time: Associations with temperament and physiological dysregulation in preschoolers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 209, 105177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105177 [PDF]
Hassan, R., Willoughby, T., & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Shyness and prosocial tendencies during adolescence: Prospective influence of two types of self-regulation. Emotion, 21, 1721–1730. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000986 [PDF]
Poole, K.L., Hassan, R., & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Temperamental shyness, frontal EEG theta/beta ratio, and social anxiety in children. Child Development, 92, 2006-2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13564 [PDF]
Hassan, R., Willoughby, T., & Schmidt, L.A. (2021). Development of shyness across adolescence: Reactivity, regulation, or both? Developmental Psychology, 57, 421–431. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001159 [PDF]
