User:Valoem/Brian G. Gilmartin

Brian G. Gilmartin is an author known for his writing on what he calls love-shyness.

Some of his books are How to Excel at Parenting: 33 Proven Success Strategies (2003) and Shyness & Love: Causes, Consequences and Treatment, Second Edition (2012).

Love-shyness
Gilmartin's theory of love-shyness is elaborated in his books:


 * Shyness & Love (1987)
 * The Shy Man Syndrome (1989)
 * Shyness & Love, Second Edition (2012)

His survey and empirical data for these books are described in his articles:


 * "Some family antecedents of severe shyness in males" (1985)
 * "Peer group antecedents of severe love-shyness in males" (1987)

Criticism of his research is that he has wasted attention on pseudoscientific theories of shyness, and that he has not paid enough attention to research regarding similar shyness in women.