Elaine Aron
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Elaine N. Aron is an American clinical research psychologist and author.[1] Aron has published numerous books and scholarly articles about inherited temperament and interpersonal relationships,[2] especially on the subject of sensory processing sensitivity, beginning with The Highly Sensitive Person (1996),[3] which has sold over a million copies.[4]
Elaine N. Aron | |
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Born | November 1, 1944 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley York University Pacifica Graduate Institute |
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Notable work | The Highly Sensitive Person (1996) |
Website | hsperson |
Education
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Aron graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley, and later earned a Master of Arts in clinical psychology from York University (Toronto) and a Ph.D. in clinical depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute (Santa Barbara, California).[2][8] She interned at the C. G. Jung Institute in San Francisco.[2]
Professional practice and personal life
[edit]Aron maintains a psychotherapy practice in Mill Valley, California.[8]
Aron is married to SUNY-Stony Brook psychology professor Arthur Aron, with whom she collaborates in studies of the interaction of childhood environment with SPS in predicting adult functioning.[9] In nearly 50 years of studying love, the couple developed a 36-question list, since used in hundreds of studies, to create closeness in a lab setting, to break down barriers between strangers, and improve understanding between police officers and community members.[10]
Aron's son is television writer Elijah Aron.[10] Her grandsons are Elliot and Simon Aron, 14 and 18 respectively.
Published works
[edit]Books
[edit]Source:[11]
- The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You (1996)
- The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook (1999)
- The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You (2001)
- The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them (2002)
- The Undervalued Self: Restore Your Love/Power Balance, Transform the Inner Voice That Holds You Back, and Find Your True Self-Worth (2010)
- Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person: Improving Outcomes for That Minority of People Who Are the Majority of Clients (2010)
- The Highly Sensitive Parent: Be Brilliant in Your Role, Even When the World Overwhelms You (2020)
Scholarly journal articles
[edit]- Aron, Elaine; Aron, Arthur (1997). "Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and its Relation to Introversion and Emotionality" (PDF). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73 (2): 345–368. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.73.2.345. PMID 9248053. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2015.
- Aron, E. N.; Aron, A.; Davies, K. (2005). "Adult shyness: The interaction of temperamental sensitivity and an adverse childhood environment" (PDF). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 31 (2): 181–197. doi:10.1177/0146167204271419. PMID 15619591. S2CID 1679620. Note 3 (p. 195) cites Chen et al. (1992) re social and cultural unacceptability adding to environmental stressors.
- Aron, Elaine N., Ph.D., (July 21, 2011) "Understanding the Highly Sensitivity Person: Sensitive, Introverted, or Both? | Extraverted HSPs face unique challenges" (Archived April 19, 2013, at archive.today) Psychology Today.
- Aron, Elaine N. (February 2, 2012). "Time Magazine: 'The Power of (Shyness)' and High Sensitivity". Psychology Today. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012.
- Aron, E.; Aron, A.; Jagiellowicz, J. (2012). "Sensory processing sensitivity: A review in the light of the evolution of biological responsivity" (PDF). Personality and Social Psychology Review. 16 (3): 262–282. doi:10.1177/1088868311434213. PMID 22291044. S2CID 2542035. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2015.
- Greven, Corina U.; Lionetti, Francesca; Booth, Charlotte; Aron, Elaine N.; et al. (March 2019). "Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda (Review article)". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 98. Elsevier: 287–305. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.01.009. hdl:2066/202697. PMID 30639671.
Magazine articles
[edit]- Aron, Elaine N. (February 2, 2012). "Time Magazine: 'The Power of (Shyness)' and High Sensitivity". Psychology Today. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012.
See also
[edit]- Sensory processing sensitivity
- Personality psychology
- Social psychology
- Differential susceptibility hypothesis
References
[edit]- ^ Bradberry, Travis; Greaves, Jean (2012-09-10). "Emotional Intelligence Appraisal - Multi-Rater Edition". doi:10.1037/t11828-000.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Elaine N. Aron, PhD". WebMD.com. 2013. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020.
- ^ Aron, Elaine (6 March 2014). The highly sensitive person. London. ISBN 978-0-00-738477-8. OCLC 875631050.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Lally, Maria (October 12, 2015). "Highly sensitive people: a condition rarely understood". The Telegraph. U.K. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015.
- ^ Greven et al. 2019.
- ^ Boterberg, Sofie; Warreyn, Petra (2016), "Making sense of it all: The impact of sensory processing sensitivity on daily functioning of children", Personality and Individual Differences, 92: 80–86, doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.022, hdl:1854/LU-7172755, archived from the original on May 23, 2016
- ^ Booth, Charlotte; Standage, Helen; Fox, Elaine (1 Dec 2015), "Sensory-processing sensitivity moderates the association between childhood experiences and adult life satisfaction", Personality and Individual Differences, 87: 24–29, doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.020, PMC 4681093, PMID 26688599
- ^ a b "About Dr. Elaine Aron". HSperson.com. 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020.
- ^ "Arthur Aron, PhD". psychology.stonybrook.edu. 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Anwar, Yasmin (February 12, 2015). "Creating love in the lab: The 36 questions that spark intimacy". Berkeley News. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Books by Elaine N. Aron". goodreads.com. 2021. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021.
External links
[edit]- The Highly Sensitive Person: An Interview with Elaine Aron Uploaded February 1, 2010