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Social evaluation fear in childhood and adolescence: Normative developmental course and continuity of individual differences

Pieter Michiel Westenberg · Eleonora Gullone · Caroline L. Bokhorst · David A. Heyne · Neville J. King

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Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Animal Learning Development

Abstract

Using cross‐sectional ( N =910) and longitudinal ( N =261) data from ) studies of normal fear in children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 years, the normative developmental pattern of social evaluation fear and the continuity of individual differences were investigated. Participants' responses were analysed according to two subscales (Social Evaluation and Punishment) within the Failure and Criticism scale of the Fear Survey Schedule. The findings indicated that: (a) social evaluation fear increased between childhood and adolescence, while punishment fear decreased, (b) individual differences in social evaluation fear displayed only modest continuity over the 3‐year follow‐up period, (c) continuity of social evaluation fear increased with increased age and (d) dis continuity was particularly salient for relatively high fear levels.

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