The Nature Of Embarrassment; Embarrassment As A Basic Emotion; Embarrassing circumstances; a catalogue of embarrassments; the development of embarrassment; personality and culture; the causes of embarrassment; signs of embarrassmen; responses to embarrassment; overcoming embarrassment.
Rowland S. Miller, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. In addition to embarrassment, he studies the processes that maintain happy relationships (and so is generally concerned with people coexisting peaceably and well). He is a past recipient of the Newman Award for Excellence in Research from the American Psychological Association and Psi Chi. This is his second book.
"A comprehensive, integrative review of the literature on
embarrassment....It is beautifully written and draws upon anecdotal
evidence as well as empirical findings to support its points. The
style is always accessible and often humorous. It will be valuable
to researchers, clinicians, teachers, and students across a wide
range of social psychology. It should be read by anyone with an
interest in the psychology of emotion....Miller has been highly
successful in bringing order to the speculative, theoretical, and
empirical literatures on embarrassment." --Cognition and Emotion
"An exemplary study of an emotion that has occupied the intellect
of novelists, social scientists, and clinicians alike. Its
scholarship ranges across disciplines. It offers the reader
illuminating examples of testing theories and issues in measurement
and techniques for reducing or controlling embarrassment for those
individuals who are painfully prone to the emotion." --Contemporary
Psychology "Rich with anecdotal material....A well-written book
that will be helpful to the general clinician." --Readings
"Delightfully written and extremely informative....A superb book on
an important topic central to the study of social psychology. No
library can afford to be without it." --Choice "The average person
likely regards embarrassment as an unnecessary nuisance, and
behavioral researchers have viewed it as little more than a
curiosity. Yet, after reading Embarrassment: Poise and Peril in
Everyday Life, one is convinced not only that embarrassment is
important in human affairs, but that it is essential for personal
and social well-being. With exceptional clarity and style, Miller
probes the psychological and interpersonal underpinnings of
embarrassment, and explores its far-reaching implications for human
behavior. With this volume as the capstone of two decades of
involvement in this area of investigation, Miller has emerged as
the leading authority on embarrassment. Professional and lay
readers alike will be rewarded by his expertise and will come away
with a new appreciation for their own pangs of embarrassment."
--Mark R. Leary, Ph.D., Wake Forest University "This excellent book
provides a timely update and overview of the rapidly expanding
psychological literature dealing with all aspects of embarrassment
in everyday life. The organization of the book is admirable,
beginning with a discussion of the nature of embarrassment and the
eliciting circumstances and concluding with an evaluation of
reactions to, and strategies for dealing with, experienced
embarrassment. It is a masterful text, leading the reader through
the many ways in which embarrassment disrupts, intrudes into,
controls and even, in some instances, serves to lighten our
everyday interactions. As well as being an authoritative and
comprehensive review of the literature the author excites interest
by providing insightful comments and reflections. In addition, the
book contains many enjoyable examples, is well written, up-to-date,
and informative. I am delighted to have in on my bookshelf."
--Robert J. Edelmann, Bsc, MPhil, Ph.D., CPsychol, FBPsS, Reader in
Clinical Psychology, University of Surrey, UK "Rowland Miller's
Embarrassment is a tour de force. This extraordinary book is as
rich in its comprehensive review of the scholarly literature, as it
is in its compelling illustrations of how embarrassment functions
in everyday life. Miller beautifully integrates diverse lines of
theory and research from clinical, social, personality, and
developmental psychology--and it's a great read! Brilliant,
thought-provoking, and entertaining. This book is a must for any
clinician or researcher whose work touches on issues of
embarrassment. And it's an education and a delight for anyone who
has experienced the flush of embarrassment in the course of
day-to-day life." --June Price Tangney, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology, George Mason University
"A book that integrates research findings from various disciplines,
walks a reader through the theoretical and methodological issues
underlying the research, and does so in a most interesting
way....It can serve as a springboard for additional research as
easily as it serves as a classroom textbook." --"Personal
Relationship Issues"
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