The Fears of Evaluation about Performance (FEAP) Task: Inducing Anxiety-Related Responses to Direct Exposure to Negative and Positive Evaluations

Autor/inn/en	Lipton, Melanie F.; Qasmieh, Noor; Racz, Sarah J.; Weeks, Justin W.; De Los Reyes, Andres
Titel	The Fears of Evaluation about Performance (FEAP) Task: Inducing Anxiety-Related Responses to Direct Exposure to Negative and Positive Evaluations
Quelle	(2020), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Fear; Public Speaking; Feedback (Response); Positive Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Stress Variables; Arousal Patterns; Context Effect; Social Behavior; Adults; Performance; Evaluation; District of Columbia; Maryland; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Furcht; Vortrag; Negative Fixierung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Achievement; Leistung; Evaluierung
Abstract	Fears of negative and positive evaluation (i.e., evaluative fears) manifest within performance-based situations (e.g., public speaking, group presentations), particularly among those experiencing social anxiety. Within these performance-based situations, individuals experiencing such evaluative fears frequently display a variety of impairments (e.g., avoidance, nervousness) that might manifest within and across various settings (e.g., employment, school). How do those who experience these fears react to "in-the-moment" feedback about their performance? We constructed the Fear of Evaluation about Performance (FEAP) task to examine ecologically valid experiences with anxiety when reacting to positive and negative feedback. During the task, participants gave a speech, and subsequent to this and in counterbalanced order, received positive and negative feedback about their speech, with continued assessment of anxiety-related arousal throughout the task. We tested the FEAP task among 127 adults, who provided self-reports of fears of positive and negative evaluation before completing the task. Fears of positive evaluation uniquely predicted arousal following receipt of positive feedback, whereas fears of negative evaluation uniquely predicted arousal following receipt of negative feedback. Relative to participants receiving positive feedback first, those receiving negative feedback first experienced elevated post-feedback arousal, followed by a steep decline in arousal post-positive feedback. Conversely, participants receiving positive feedback first experienced a buffer effect whereby arousal post-negative feedback remained low, relative to the arousal experienced post-negative feedback among those who received negative feedback first. We expect the FEAP task to inform basic science on fears of negative and positive evaluation, as well as treatment planning in applied clinical settings. [This paper will be published in "Behavior Therapy."] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01