Psychological Inflexibility and Fear of Negative Evaluation among Emerging Adults

Abstract

Psychological inflexibility is purported to be determinant of psychological distress and behavioral ineffectiveness. Fear of negative evaluation is a psychological construct that involves apprehension regarding how others perceive, potential distress over negative judgments, and an anticipatory expectation of unfavorable evaluations. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between psychological inflexibility and fear of negative evaluation among emerging adults. The research instruments used were AAQ-II to asses psychological inflexibility and brief FNE to asses fear of negative evaluation. The sample consisted of 102 emerging adults. The samples were collected using convenience sampling. The data were analysed using SPSS Version 27. The data was not normally distributed therefore the statistical techniques used were Spearman’s Rank correlation test to find the result. The result of the study showed that there is a significant positive relationship between psychological inflexibility and fear of negative evaluation among emerging adults.