ArticleBritish journal of health psychology2025
Social anxiety in people with facial palsy: The role of fear of negative evaluation and appearance-fixing behaviour.
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- The impact of appearance anxiety on loneliness among college students: an integrative model.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The mediating role of loneliness and the moderating role of digital dementia in the relationship between social appearance anxiety and happiness: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Beyond motor recovery: emerging perspectives in the management of peripheral facial palsy-a narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Three-Dimensional Photogrammetric Assessment of Facial Symmetry Improvement Following Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Patients with Facial Palsy: An Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Social anxiety in people with facial palsy: The role of fear of negative evaluation and appearance-fixing behaviour.British journal of health psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe current study aimed to explore whether people with facial palsy experienced more social appearance anxiety, social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and engaged in more appearance-fixing behaviour than controls without facial palsy. The secondary aim was to investigate whether fear of negative evaluation and appearance-fixing behaviour were predictive of social appearance anxiety in people with facial palsy.
methodPeople with facial palsy (n = 78) and people without facial palsy (n = 86) completed online questionnaires with measures of social anxiety, social appearance anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and appearance-fixing behaviour.
resultsThe facial palsy group experienced significantly greater social appearance anxiety, social anxiety, and fear of negative evaluation than the control group; controlling for depression. The facial palsy group also engaged in significantly more appearance-fixing behaviour than the control group. Further, controlling for depression, fear of negative evaluation from others and appearance-fixing were both found to be significant positive predictors of social appearance anxiety in the facial palsy group. DISCUSSION: Findings are consistent with Clark and Well's (1995) cognitive behavioural model of social anxiety. Findings indicate a need for screening and provision for psychological support for social anxiety in people with facial palsy and that cognitions relating to fear of negative evaluation and appearance-fixing behaviour are potentially useful targets for intervention.
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