The eff ect of rumination on social anxiety in college students: the 
mediating role of fear of negative evaluation

Yuanshu Fu; Chuyun Gu

doi:10.18686/modern-management-forum.v7i9.10249

The eff ect of rumination on social anxiety in college students: the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation

Yuanshu Fu, Chuyun Gu

Abstract

355 college students were selected as subjects to conduct a questionnaire survey using the negative evaluation fear scale,
rumination thinking scale and social anxiety scale. The results showed that (1) rumination could positively predict social anxiety (β=0.58,
t=13.60, P < 0.001); (2) Fear of negative evaluation played a signifi cant mediating role in the relationship between rumination and social
anxiety of college students. These results indicate that rumination can not only directly affect college students’ social anxiety, but also
indirectly aff ect college students’ social anxiety through negative evaluation of fear.

Keywords

college students; Fear of negative evaluation; Rumination; Social anxiety

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/modern-management-forum.v7i9.10249

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