scholarly journals Fear of Negative Evaluation Biases Social Evaluation Inference: Evidence from a Probabilistic Learning Task

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0119456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine S. Button ◽  
Daphne Kounali ◽  
Lexine Stapinski ◽  
Ronald M. Rapee ◽  
Glyn Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Task ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Probabilistic Learning

scholarly journals Personal and Vicarious Embarrassability

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Social Image ◽  
Emotional Empathy ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Public Self Consciousness

Although distinct vicarious embarrassability (VE) and personal embarrassability (PE) dimensions have emerged in factor analytic research, few studies have compared theoretically relevant correlates to explore potential differences in underlying mechanisms. The current study sought to determine whether PE was best accounted for by a social evaluation model, and VE by emotional empathy. Four fifty three undergraduates completed embarrassability, emotional empathy, and social evaluation trait measures. Factor analysis with oblique rotation produced two correlated (r = .37) PE and VE factors. Multiple regression did not provide absolute support for two distinct underlying models, with fear of negative evaluation and emotional empathy significant predictors of both embarrassability factors. However, public self-consciousness and perceived social competence were predictive only of PE. These results suggest common mechanisms could underlie PE and VE, but that a negative perception and heightened awareness of one’s social image could confer a unique vulnerability to PE.

scholarly journals Are you Watching Me? Interacting Effects of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Social Context on Cognitive Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin L. Maresh ◽  
Bethany A. Teachman ◽  
James A. Coan
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽  
Socially Anxious ◽  
Improved Accuracy

Socially anxious individuals exhibit cognitive performance impairments; it is unclear whether this is due to trait differences in abilities or effects of the experimental context. This study sought to determine how social context, individual differences in fear of negative evaluation (FNE), and task difficulty interact to influence working memory performance as indicated by effectiveness (accuracy) and efficiency (reaction times). Participants (N = 61) performed the n-back task at 2-back and 3-back difficulty levels under three conditions: alone (“Anonymous”), in presence of a non-evaluative experimenter (“Presence”), and under explicit performance evaluation by the experimenter (“Threat”). Overall, participants showed improved accuracy during Threat, but only on 2-back trials. FNE was positively associated with longer reaction times during Threat on 3-back trials. FNE did not relate to accuracy, suggesting that threat-related impairments tied to social anxiety may alter efficiency rather than effectiveness. Thus, social anxiety may elicit cognitive performance impairments even in minimally evaluative environments.

scholarly journals Assessing the Straightforwardly-Worded Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale for Differential Item Functioning Across Gender and Ethnicity

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared K. Harpole ◽  
Cheri A. Levinson ◽  
Carol M. Woods ◽  
Thomas L. Rodebaugh ◽  
Justin W. Weeks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽  
Item Functioning
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