Fear of positive evaluation and social anxiety: A systematic review of trait-based findings

Although fear of negative evaluation (FNE) has long been recognized as a core cognitive bias in social anxiety, fear of positive evaluation (FPE) has received considerable attention over the past several years. The literature would benefit from a synthesis of the current state of the research in order to contribute to our understanding of FPE. A systematic review of the literature was conducted in order to address several questions: (a) Is...