Fear of Negative Evaluation - Brief (FNE)

Leary, M. R. (1983). A brief version of the fear of negative evaluation scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 9(3), 371-375. doi: 10.1177/0146167283093007

	Table of Contents
	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The brief FNE measure was designed to assess the degree to which individuals experience apprehension about the possibility of being negatively evaluated by one or more others. The brief FNE was intended to improve upon Watson & Friend's (1969) original FNE, which had 30 true-false items.
Questions		12 items using 5-point scales (1 = not at all characteristic of me to 5 = extremely characteristic of me)
Sub-scales		N/A
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		I worry about what other people will think of me even when I know it doesn't make any difference. I am frequently afraid of other people noticing my shortcomings.

References:

Scale:

Leary, M. R. (1983). A brief version of the fear of negative evaluation scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 9(3), 371-375.doi: 10.1177/0146167283093007

Original Scale:

Watson, D., & Friend, R. (1969). Measurement of social-evaluative anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 33(4), 448-457. doi: 10.1037/h0027806

Selected Uses:

Maner, J. K., Richey, J. A., Cromer, K., Mallott, M., Lejuez, C. W., Joiner, T. E. (2007). Dispositional anxiety and risk-avoidant decision-making. Personality and Individual Differences, 42(4), 665-675. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.08.016

DeWall, C. N., Buckner, J. D., Lambert, N. M., Cohen, A. S., & Fincham, F. D. (2010). Bracing for the worst, but behaving the best: Social anxiety, hostility, and behavioral aggression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(2), 260-268. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.12.002

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