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ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2024

Re-assessing the assessment of fears of positive and negative evaluation: Scale development and psychometric evaluation of the Bivalent Fear of Evaluation Scale (BFOES).

Justin W Weeks, Miranda Beltzer, Karen M Schmidt, Thomas M Olino, Philippe R Goldin, James J Gross, Richard G Heimberg, Peggy M Zoccola

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  4. Bivalent Fears of Evaluation in Social Anxiety: Evaluation of an Extended Psychoevolutionary Model.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024
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  5. Safety behaviors during dates among individuals with social anxiety disorder.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP
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  6. Sine Off On It: Sinusoidal waves as models of shame and stress in social anxiety.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP
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Justin W WeeksUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Omaha, NE 68198-4185, USA; Anxiety Subspecialty Treatment (AnxST) Program, Nebraska Medicine, Department of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Omaha, NE 68198-4185, USA. Electronic address: juweeks@nebraskamed.com.
Miranda BeltzerCenter for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Karen M SchmidtUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
Thomas M OlinoTemple University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Philadelphia PA 19122, USA.
Philippe R GoldinBetty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
James J GrossStanford University, Department of Psychology, USA.
Richard G HeimbergTemple University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Philadelphia PA 19122, USA.
Peggy M ZoccolaOhio University, Department of Psychology, Porter Hall 200, Athens, OH 45701, USA.

Funding

Multidisciplinary Training Program in Digital Mental HealthT32MH115882 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Darren Gergle, DAVID CURTIS MOHR · 2018 to 2026
$2.4M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH115882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bivalent fear of evaluation (BFOE) model of social anxiety divides fear of evaluation into two distinct valences: fear of positive evaluation (FPE) and fear of negative evaluation (FNE). However, there is evidence that the two most widely utilized and psychometrically supported measures of FNE and FPE contain items which are ambiguous with regard to valence of evaluative fear. To formally address this, the BFOE Scale (BFOES) was developed, by merging items from measures of FNE and FPE into a single scale with an integrated response format. The present studies examined the psychometric profile of the BFOES across a large pooled archival dataset (N = 2216), which included approximately 10 % (n = 224) patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD). The factorial validity, internal consistency, and construct validity of the BFOES were examined. Additionally, item response theory analyses were employed for the purpose of merging items from self-report scales which utilized different Likert-type response formats. Results from both studies provided support for the psychometric profile of the BFOES. The implications of the BFOES for the assessment of social anxiety, and theoretical models of fear of evaluation and SAD, are discussed.

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FearPhobia, SocialPsychometricsAdolescentAdultFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultBivalent Fear of Evaluation model of Social AnxietyFear of negative evaluationFear of positive evaluationSocial anxiety disorderSocial phobia

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PMID38936039
PMCPMC11441507

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