Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 506-512.

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The Mediating Effects of Fears of Evaluation on the Relations between Self-Esteem and Social Anxiety for College Students

ZHONG You-jie1,2, ZHANG Jin-fu1,3   

  1. 1. Center for Studies of Education and Psychology of Ethnic Minorities in Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Department of Psychology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108;
    3. School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715
  • Online:2011-09-15 Published:2011-09-15

Abstract: In order to investigate the mediating effects of fears of negative and positive evaluations on the relations between self-esteem and social anxiety for college students,the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale,the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale,Self-Esteem Scale and Social Interaction Anxiety Scale have been applied to survey in the two universities of Fuzhou and 655 questionnaires have been acquired.The results indicate that:(1)there are good reliability and validity of the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale in college students of the research;(2)the relationship between the self-esteem and social anxiety is partially mediated by fears of positive and negative evaluations.The value of mediating effect is 47.17%.It is that self-esteem directly affects the social anxiety,on the other hand,indirectly affects the social anxiety by means of fears of negative and positive evaluations.

Key words: self-esteem, fear of negative evaluation, fear of positive evaluation, social anxiety

CLC Number: 

  • B844.3
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