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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2025

Fear of Negative Evaluation and Social Anxiety in Autism: A Case for Multi-method Assessment.

Alexandra Kalinyak, Grace Lee Simmons, Blythe Corbett, Matthew Lerner, Susan W White

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Alexandra KalinyakCenter for Youth Development and Intervention, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama, 200 Hackberry Ln, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401, USA.
Grace Lee SimmonsTEACCH Autism Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Blythe CorbettDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Matthew LernerA.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Susan W WhiteCenter for Youth Development and Intervention, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama, 200 Hackberry Ln, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401, USA. swwhite1@ua.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-3147

Funding

Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lea K Davis · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
Investigating Social Competence in Youth with Autism: A Multisite RCTR01MH114906 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI CORBETT, BLYTHE ANNE · 2018 to 2021
$3.0M
NCATS NIH HHS CTSA UL1 TR000445NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103537NIMH NIH HHS R01MH114906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFear of negative evaluation is a diagnostic criterion for social anxiety disorder (SAD). Research demonstrates this may not always occur in autistic individuals who have other markers of SAD. We aimed to characterize fear of negative evaluation in autistic children utilizing a sample of 239 autistic youth ages 10-16.

methodsParticipants completed self-report questionnaires of social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. They also participated in a conversation task coded by trained observers to measure social anxiety.

resultsAlthough self-reports of social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation were strongly correlated, they did not match in-the-moment coding of social anxiety from trained observers; this may be partially explained by differences between state and trait experience and the conversational environment. Furthermore, greater levels of autistic traits related to higher levels of social anxiety and to fear of negative evaluation.

conclusionsFear of negative evaluation, which is the primary cognitive process involved in social anxiety, was strongly associated with social anxiety in this autistic sample of youth.

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AnxietyAssessmentAutismFear of negative evaluationSocial

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PMID41205088

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