“Don't put me down but don't be too nice to me either”: Fear of positive vs. negative evaluation and responses to positive vs. negative social-evaluative films

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-169

  Reichenberger, Julia ^a   Wiggert, Nicole ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^a   Weeks, Justin W ^b   Blechert, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fear of negative evaluation; Fear of positive evaluation; Pride; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE REVISED; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMOTION; FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION; FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION; FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; AFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938079861     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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