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7557897 
Journal Article 
The relationship of fear of negative evaluation with self-concept and social perception among adolescents 
Radovanovic, N; Glavak, R 
2003 
12 
6 
1123-1139 
WOS:000188552200011 
The aim of this study was to determine which aspects of self-concept and social perception could predict fear of negative evaluation as an aspect of social anxiety among adolescents. The participants were 225 high-school students (105 males and 120 females) from Zagreb. Fear of negative evaluation scale and Rosenberg self-esteem scale were administered. Adolescents also evaluated themselves and their classmates aspects of adolescent self-concept: school regarding five achievement, peer acceptance, self-competence, intelligence, and general physical appearance. Results showed that adolescents' self-evaluations of their intelligence were highest, followed by self-evaluations of peer acceptance. They expected highest peer evaluations of intelligence, and lowest peer evaluations of their physical appearance. Peer evaluations of physical appearance were lowest. There was a tendency of overestimation - adolescents' self-evaluations of peer acceptance, intelligence and physical appearance were higher than peer evaluations. Stepwise regression analysis was conducted which resulted in two significant predictors, (result on Rosenberg self-esteem scale and peer evaluation of adolescent's self-competence) and two suppressor variables (self-evaluations of peer acceptance and intelligence). These variables accounted for 22% of the total variance of criteria variable (result on Fear of negative evaluation scale). The result on Fear of negative evaluation scale will be higher with a lower result on Rosenberg self-esteem scale and lower peer evaluation of adolescent's self-competence.