Citation

Liu L, Lowe PA. Can. J. Sch. Psychol. 2016; 31(2): 122-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0829573516629730

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The current study examined the factor structure of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation-Straightforward Items (BFNE-S) and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation-Version 2 (BFNE-II) among 151 college students from the United States.

RESULTS indicated that the BFNE-S and the BFNE-II scores demonstrated excellent internal consistency reliability. Single-group confirmatory factor analyses found that compared with the BFNE-II, the BFNE-S demonstrated a superior fit for the unitary theoretical model. Together, these findings suggest that the BFNE-S appears to be a better measure for assessing fear of negative evaluation in U.S. college students.

Language: en