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Social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation: Construct validity of the BFNE-II

The validity of the social avoidance and distress scale and the fear of negative evaluation scale with social phobic patients

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, university students have been exposed to a heightened vulnerability towards developing psychological issues, such as psychological distress and shyness. Internet-based interventions offer a convenient avenue for scalability, thus prompting the development of a smartphone-based hypnotic intervention aimed at addressing shyness among university students. We devised an innovative smartphone-based hypnotic intervention called mHypnosis to examine its impact on shyness among undergraduate students. Furthermore, we aimed to investigate whether the apprehension of negative evaluations before treatment could serve as a predictor for the effectiveness of the intervention on shyness. Eighty students with high shyness scores were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. Another 40 participants with low shyness score were selected as the baseline group. The Shyness Scale (SS), Fear of Negative evaluation scale (FNE), Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (SAQ), and Self-Esteem Scale (SES) were used to evaluate the effect of hypnotic intervention. Before the intervention, the scores of the experimental and control groups on the SS, FNE, SAQ, and SES were higher than those in the baseline group (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in scores between the experimental and control group (p > 0.05). After the intervention, the scores of the SS, FNE, SAQ, and SES were significantly lower in the experimental group than those in the control group (p < 0.05). The pretest score of FNE could predict the shyness score after hypnotic intervention (B = 0.35, p < 0.05). Smartphone-based hypnotic intervention had a significant effect on ameliorating shyness during the COVID-19 pandemic; fear of negative evaluation can be a target for treating shyness.

Ostracism is readily detected and results in a number of negative reactions. For example, social exclusion is argued to interfere with self-regulation. Some recent work found that the negative effects of ostracism are more pronounced and prolonged in socially anxious people. Based on these findings we tested whether: (1) ostracism impairs self-regulation, and (2) such impairment persists longer in socially anxious people, as classified through the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNE). In Study 1, we found that relative to included participants (nonostracized controls), ostracized participants reported higher felt ostracism and ate more unhealthy but palatable biscuits at Time 1. After a 45-minute delay, only ostracized participants with higher levels of social anxiety reported continued felt ostracism and excessive eating. Similarly, in Study 2, self-regulation was defined as consuming an unpleasant, but healthy, beverage. We again observed a pattern of prolonged regulatory impairment only for ostracized socially anxious participants. Implications for the long-term impact of the exclusion of the socially anxious are discussed, as are the limitations of relying on the FNE as the sole measure of social anxiety.

The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE) has been translated into many languages and used to screen anxiety in people who stutter. However, the Vietnamese version is not available and thus screening and interventions for this population in Vietnam are lacking. This study translated the BFNE into Vietnamese and evaluated the psychometric properties of Vietnamese people living with stuttering. Forward–backward translation was used, based on international standard guidelines. Adults who stutter were invited and asked to complete an online survey that contained the final Vietnamese version of the BFNE. Reliability was evaluated through internal consistency and three-week test–retest reliability. Validity was evaluated through content validity index, and construct validity using confirmatory factor analysis. From expert panel evaluation, the Vietnamese BFNE scale had semantic and conceptual similarities to the original English version. Content validity indexes were high (S-CVI = 1). From 34 people living with stuttering, alpha coefficient was 0.80 and ICC was 0.83. The model fit indexes from confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the data fitted the two-factor model well and thus high level of construct validity. In conclusion, the Vietnamese version of the BFNE scale had good internal consistency reliability, good test–retest reliability, appropriate content validity, and acceptable construct validity. Whilst results are positive overall, they are preliminary and based on small numbers. Further studies are needed.

&lt;p&gt;The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE; M. R. Leary, 1983a) is often used to assess fear of negative evaluation, the core feature of social anxiety disorder. However, few studies have examined its psychometric properties in large samples of socially anxious patients. Although the BFNE yields a single total score, confirmatory factor analysis indicated a 2-factor solution to be more appropriate, with the 1st factor consisting of all straightforwardly worded items (BFNE-S) and the 2nd of all reverse-scored items (BFNE-R). Support was obtained for the convergent and discriminant validity of the BFNE and BFNE-S, but not the BFNE-R. These results suggest that standard scoring of the BFNE may not be optimal for patients with social anxiety disorder.&lt;/p&gt;

Objective To investigate the relationship among social anxiety,fear of negative evaluation and self-esteem and supply reference for psychological health education.Methods We adopted Social Avoidance and Distress Scale(SAD),Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale(FNE)and self-esteem(SES)scale to investigate nursing students in a certain university and college.Then we analyzed the investigation results. Results The scores of SAD and SES of nursing students with different education background were distinctly different(P<0.05).The score of SAD was positively correlated with that of SES(r=0.483,P<0.05)and FNE(r=0.316,P<0.01).Conclusion We should strengthen the cuhivation of serf-esteem for nursing students and help them to get rid of fear of negative evaluation and conquer social anxiety. Key words: Nursing studenls; Social anxiety; Self-esteem; Fear of negative evaluation; Correlation analysis

Purpose: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework has a pragmatic focus on how impairment impacts the individual's activities and participation. Stuttering is known to impact communication in younger adults but this has not been established in older people who stutter. In this study, emotional reactions to stuttering were investigated in a group 55 years and older who self-reported stuttering since childhood.Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive design. Twelve participants who self-reported that they still stuttered and in whom stuttering was confirmed, and 14 controls completed the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNES), The Endler Multi-dimensional Anxiety Scales-Trait (EMAS-T) and The Australian Personal Wellbeing Index (PWA-I). Participants whose stuttering persisted also completed the Overall Assessment of Speakers Experience of Stuttering (OASES).Results: The group who stuttered scored significantly higher on the FNES, with scores in the social phobia range. Responses on the OASES showed that stuttering continues to be a negative experience for this older group. Results for the EMAS-T and PWA-I were within the average range across both participant groups however significant differences existed between the groups in the social evaluative and physical danger domains of the EMAS-T, and the satisfaction with health domain of the PWA-I.Conclusions: Significant fear of negative evaluation, which is the key feature for social anxiety, was found in the group of older people who stuttered with a higher level of trait anxiety in social evaluative domains. The OASES showed that they also reacted to stuttering and communication in daily situations with moderate to severe impact scores which showed that stuttering impacted on speaking activities and by those negative experiences limited communication. Limited communication and restricted participation in the lives of older people have implications for healthy productive ageing and this is discussed.

The validity of the brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale

Academic procrastination of graduate students is a common phenomenon, and the mentoringrelationship is a very important teacher-student relationship for graduate students. However, themechanism by which the mentoring relationship affects academic procrastination of graduate studentsis still unclear. To explore the relationship between graduate student mentoring interactions, mentors’negative evaluations, positive psychological capital and academic procrastination. A survey of 337graduate students was conducted using the Teacher-Student Interaction Questionnaire, GraduateAcademic Procrastination Scale, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale and Individual PositivePsychological Capital Scale. Results show that: (1) Tutoring relationship is negatively correlated withpostgraduate academic procrastination. (2) The fear of tutor’s negative evaluation plays a mediated rolein the negative prediction of academic procrastination of graduate students. When the teacher-studentguidance relationship is poor, the graduate students are more likely to show the fear of tutor’s negativeevaluation, and this phenomenon will further lead to high academic procrastination. (3) The mediatedeffect of fear of tutor’s negative evaluation on mentoring relationship and academic procrastination ismoderated by positive psychological capital. The results of this study provide evidence for reducingacademic procrastination in graduate school.

Background: Social anxiety disorder can be considered a debilitating disorder characterized by negative evaluation by others, internal shame, negative self-concept, and high levels of anxiety and avoidance in social situations. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of self-acceptance group therapy (SAGT) in reducing the fear of negative evaluation, internal shame, and self-concept of people with social anxiety disorder. Methods: The samples of this experimental study included all people with social anxiety who were studying at the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili in Ardabil. A total of 36 people with social anxiety were selected using a social anxiety questionnaire and a structured interview and were randomly divided into two groups: experiment and control (18 people in each group). The experiment group underwent ten sessions of self-acceptance intervention, while the control group received no intervention. The Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) questionnaire, the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNES-B), Cook’s internal shame questionnaire, and Rogers’ self-concept questionnaire were used for data collection in the pre-test and post-test stages. The multivariate analysis of covariance test and SPSS 24 software were used for data analysis. Results: The results showed that the average social anxiety in the experiment group was 60.88±6.26 on the pre-test and 60.16±3.98 on the post-test (P&lt;0.001). Negative evaluation, with an average of 40.83±3.57 in the pre-test and 28.61±7.22 in the posttest (P&lt;0.001), decreased the most. The total score of internal shame in the experiment group was 77.16±6.33 in the pre-test, and 74.55±6.50 in the post-test (P&lt;0.001), and the total score of self-concept was 124.2±8.9 in the pre-test, which reached 134.4±9.50 in post-test (P&lt;0.001). Based on the results of covariance analysis, after adjusting the pre-test scores, social anxiety, negative evaluation, internal shame, and self-concept significantly decreased in the self-acceptance therapy group in the post-test (P&lt;0.001). Conclusion: The results showed that self-acceptance therapy significantly reduced the fear of negative evaluation and internal shame and improved the negative self-concept of people with social anxiety disorder compared to the control group. While consistent with other results, the obtained results have provided a preliminary ground for the use of the mentioned treatment. However, future research should better show the usefulness of this technique in different dimensions.

BackgroundNo studies have investigated the effects of virtual reality (VR) on the persecutory idea of reference (IOR) or delusions of reference (DOR) in patients with psychosis. This study examined the efficacy and safety of VR therapy in stable outpatients with psychosis and explored relationships between primary outcomes and psychological factors using path analysis.MethodsSeventy-eight patients were randomly assigned to either the VR-treatment (VR-T) or VR-control (VR-C) group. The VR-T group viewed three 360° 3D videos or four animated videos; the VR-C group viewed the same seven videos with muted voices or 11 360° 3D videos of natural scenes. Pre- and post-assessments were performed using the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scale-Delusions (PSYRATS-D) and Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thought Scale (R-GPTS) as a primary outcome measure. Several self-rating scales measuring schema, depression, brooding, negative evaluation, attribution bias, and self-esteem were administered. Safety was assessed after sessions 1 and 10, and path models were constructed.ResultsBetween-group analysis showed a significant improvement in PSYRATS-D scores in the VR-T group compared with the VR-C group. Regarding self-rating scales, the between-group analysis revealed a significant group × time interaction only for the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS) score. The frequency of VR sickness was high, but its severity was mild. Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale and Beck Depression Inventory scores were found to have mediating roles.ConclusionsVR therapy effectively reduced delusions in young, stable psychosis patients with mild and tolerable side effects. Future studies should develop diverse VR content for older populations.

157. Anticipatory stress appraisal is differentially associated with HPA and immune acute stress responses in children with anxiety disorders

This study aimed to determine how depression played a mediating effect in university students' fears of being negatively evaluated and suicide ideation. This study also analyzed gender disparities in depressive suicidal thoughts, and fears of being negatively evaluated. To determine the association between the variables in the current study, a cross-sectional correlational design was adopted. G power was used to compute the sample size, and 200 individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 were chosen using the practical sampling technique. The data was gathered from various universities in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The data was collected on demographic sheet, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale—21 Items (DASS-21), Brief FNE Scale, and Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). SPSS version 21 was used to analyze the date, and the results were tested using independent t tests and the mediation correlation. The current study's findings indicate that there is no significant direct effect of Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) on suicidal thoughts (r=.17, P&gt;0.5). However, the table demonstrates a substantial indirect influence (r=.13, p.0.5). This shows that depression acts as a go-between for Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) and suicidal ideation. Second, no significant differences in FNE, suicidal thoughts, or sadness were detected between male and female students. The study's findings highlight the position and significance of psychological elements that are related to one another. The study also suggests that health psychologists and counselors assist patients improve their resilience and empower them to tackle psychological disorders like depression and suicide ideation. The current study came to the conclusion that suicidal ideation and fear of being judged negatively are both significantly influenced by depression.

Anxiété sociale et satisfaction des besoins d’autonomie, de compétence et d’appartenance sociale chez les adolescents obèses