The term paruresis was coined by Williams and Degenhart (1954) in their paper "Paruresis: a survey of a disorder of micturition" in the Journal of General Psychology 51:19-29.
Terminą parurezė (paruresis) sugalvojo Viljamsas ir Degenhartas (1954) savo pranešime „Parurezė: šlapinimosi sutrikimo tyrimas“ (Paruresis: a survey of a disorder of micturition) Psichologijos žurnale (Journal of Psichology) 51:19-29.