Elaine Aron Explained

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, especially on the subject of sensory processing sensitivity, beginning with The Highly Sensitive Person (1996),^[2]  which has sold over a million copies.^[3]

Elaine N. Aron
Birth Date:	1 November 1944
Notable Works:	The Highly Sensitive Person (1996)
Nationality:	American

Education

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). She interned at the C. G. Jung Institute in San Francisco.^[4]

Professional practice and personal life

Aron maintains a psychotherapy practice in Mill Valley, California.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Aron's son is television writer Elijah Aron. Her grandsons are Elliot and Simon Aron, 14 and 18 respectively.

Published works

Books

Source:^[8]

• 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

• Aron . Elaine . Aron . Arthur . 1997 . Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and its Relation to Introversion and Emotionality . . 73 . 2 . 345–368 . 10.1037/0022-3514.73.2.345 . 9248053 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150513032702/http://www.hsperson.com/pdf/JPSP_Aron_and_Aron_97_Sensitivity_vs_I_and_N.pdf . May 13, 2015 . live .
• Aron . E. N. . Aron . A. . Davies . K. . 2005 . Adult shyness: The interaction of temperamental sensitivity and an adverse childhood environment . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin . 31 . 2. 181–197 . 10.1177/0146167204271419 . 15619591. 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" Psychology Today.
• Web site: Aron . Elaine N. . Time Magazine: 'The Power of (Shyness)' and High Sensitivity . Psychology Today . February 2, 2012 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120212223328/http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201202/time-magazine-the-power-shyness-and-high-sensitivity . February 12, 2012 . live .
• Aron . E. . Aron . A. . Jagiellowicz . J. . 2012 . Sensory processing sensitivity: A review in the light of the evolution of biological responsivity . Personality and Social Psychology Review . 16 . 3 . 262–282 . 10.1177/1088868311434213 . 22291044 . 2542035 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150513150731/http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pers-Soc-Psychol-Rev-2012-Aron-1088868311434213.pdf . May 13, 2015 . live .
• Greven . Corina U. . Lionetti . Francesca . Booth . Charlotte . Aron . Elaine N. . Fox . Elaine . Schendan . Haline E. . Pluess . Michael . Bruining . Hilgo . Acevedo . Bianca . Bijttebier . Patricia . Homberg . Judith . 4 . Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda (Review article) . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews . March 2019 . 98 . 287–305 . 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.01.009 . 30639671 . Elsevier. free . 2066/202697 . free .

Magazine articles

• Web site: Aron . Elaine N. . Time Magazine: 'The Power of (Shyness)' and High Sensitivity . Psychology Today . February 2, 2012 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120212223328/http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201202/time-magazine-the-power-shyness-and-high-sensitivity . February 12, 2012 . live .

See also

• Sensory processing sensitivity
• Personality psychology
• Social psychology
• Differential susceptibility hypothesis

External links

• The Highly Sensitive Person: An Interview with Elaine Aron Uploaded February 1, 2010

Notes and References

1. Bradberry. Travis. Greaves. Jean. 2012-09-10. Emotional Intelligence Appraisal - Multi-Rater Edition. 10.1037/t11828-000.
2. Book: Aron, Elaine. The highly sensitive person. 6 March 2014. 978-0-00-738477-8. London. 875631050.
3. News: Lally . Maria . Highly sensitive people: a condition rarely understood . The Telegraph . U.K. . October 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018103243/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/highly-sensitive-people/ . October 18, 2015 . live.
4. Web site: Elaine N. Aron, PhD . WebMD.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20201115073639/https://www.webmd.com/web/20201115073639/https:/www.webmd.com/elaine-n-aron . November 15, 2020 . 2013 . live.
5. Web site: About Dr. Elaine Aron . HSperson.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20201221222406/https://hsperson.com/about-dr-elaine-aron/ . December 21, 2020 . 2014 . live .
6. Web site: Arthur Aron, PhD . psychology.stonybrook.edu . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927144117/http://www.psychology.stonybrook.edu/aronlab-/people/art.htm . September 27, 2020 . 2010 . live .
7. News: Anwar . Yasmin . Creating love in the lab: The 36 questions that spark intimacy . Berkeley News . University of California, Berkeley . February 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201114080809/https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/02/12/love-in-the-lab/ . November 14, 2020 . live .
8. Web site: Books by Elaine N. Aron . goodreads.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20210109235203/https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/89949.Elaine_N_Aron . January 9, 2021 . 2021 . live.