On the Structure of Fears of Evaluation: Testing for a General Factor and Its Validity in Bifactor Models
Published online on May 24, 2026
Abstract
Assessment, Ahead of Print.
TheBivalent Fear of Evaluationmodel posits that individuals with social-anxiety experience both Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) and Fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE). Previous research has empirically supported a two-factor structure comprising FNE ...
TheBivalent Fear of Evaluationmodel posits that individuals with social-anxiety experience both Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) and Fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE). Previous research has empirically supported a two-factor structure comprising FNE ...