caa a22 4500 606239081 CHVBK 20210128101301.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10862-014-9455-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10862-014-9455-9 Assessing the Straightforwardly-Worded Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale for Differential Item Functioning Across Gender and Ethnicity [Elektronische Daten] [Jared Harpole, Cheri Levinson, Carol Woods, Thomas Rodebaugh, Justin Weeks, Patrick Brown, Richard Heimberg, Andrew Menatti, Carlos Blanco, Franklin Schneier, Michael Liebowitz] The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE; Leary Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 9, 371-375, 1983) assesses fear and worry about receiving negative evaluation from others. Rodebaugh et al. Psychological Assessment, 16, 169-181, (2004) found that the BFNE is composed of a reverse-worded factor (BFNE-R) and straightforwardly-worded factor (BFNE-S). Further, they found the BFNE-S to have better psychometric properties and provide more information than the BFNE-R. Currently there is a lack of research regarding the measurement invariance of the BFNE-S across gender and ethnicity with respect to item thresholds. The present study uses item response theory (IRT) to test the BFNE-S for differential item functioning (DIF) related to gender and ethnicity (White, Asian, and Black). Six data sets consisting of clinical, community, and undergraduate participants were utilized (N = 2,109). The factor structure of the BFNE-S was confirmed using categorical confirmatory factor analysis, IRT model assumptions were tested, and the BFNE-S was evaluated for DIF. Item nine demonstrated significant non-uniform DIF between White and Black participants. No other items showed significant uniform or non-uniform DIF across gender or ethnicity. Results suggest the BFNE-S can be used reliably with men and women and Asian and White participants. More research is needed to understand the implications of using the BFNE-S with Black participants. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Differential item functioning nationallicence Measurement invariance nationallicence Item response theory nationallicence Social anxiety disorder nationallicence Fear of negative evaluation nationallicence Harpole Jared Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA aut Levinson Cheri Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut Woods Carol Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA aut Rodebaugh Thomas Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut Weeks Justin Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA aut Brown Patrick Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut Heimberg Richard Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Menatti Andrew Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA aut Blanco Carlos Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA aut Schneier Franklin Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA aut Liebowitz Michael Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA aut Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2015-06-01), 306-317 0882-2689 37:2<306 2015 37 10862 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-014-9455-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-014-9455-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harpole Jared Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Levinson Cheri Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Woods Carol Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodebaugh Thomas Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weeks Justin Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown Patrick Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heimberg Richard Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Menatti Andrew Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Blanco Carlos Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schneier Franklin Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liebowitz Michael Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2015-06-01), 306-317 0882-2689 37:2<306 2015 37 10862