Author(s)

Chen Qiao'e ¹, Zhang Linran ¹, Sun Wen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Education and Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Corresponding Author

Chen Qiao'e

ABSTRACT

In order to explore the effect of self-attention on appearance perfectionism of college students and the mechanism of fear of negative evaluation, 267 college students were tested with self-attention Scale, Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale and Appearance Perfectionism Scale. The results show that: (1) self-attention of college students has a significant predictive effect on appearance perfectionism; (2) The mediating effect of fear of negative evaluation on self-attention and appearance perfectionism was established; Specifically, self-attention influences appearance perfectionism through the mediating effect of fear of negative evaluation. 

KEYWORDS

Self-attention; appearance perfectionism; fear of negative evaluation

CITE THIS PAPER

Chen Qiao'e, Zhang Linran, Sun Wen,The Influence of Self-attention on College Students' Appearance Perfectionism and the Mediating Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation . Applied & Educational Psychology (2022) Vol. 3: 32-39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2022.030606.

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