Fear of Negative Evaluation as a Mediator of the Relation between Academic Stress, Anxiety and Depression in a Sample of Ghanaian College Students

This study examined the mediator effects of the fear of negative evaluation (FNE) on the relation between academic stress and psychological symptoms in a sample of Ghanaian college students (N = 431). A multi-step structural equation modelling (SEM) procedure was used to test the specified mediator...

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Published inPsychology and developing societies Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 125 - 142
Main Authors Nonterah, Camilla W., Hahn, Nathasha C., Utsey, Shawn O., Hook, Joshua N., Abrams, Jasmine A., Hubbard, Rebecca R., Opare-Henako, Annabella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01.03.2015
Subjects
Anxiety
Culture
Depression
Ghana
Mediation
Modelling
Students
academic stress
Ghana
fear of negative evaluation
college students
Culture
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Summary:This study examined the mediator effects of the fear of negative evaluation (FNE) on the relation between academic stress and psychological symptoms in a sample of Ghanaian college students (N = 431). A multi-step structural equation modelling (SEM) procedure was used to test the specified mediator model and several fit indices were calculated to assess how well the model fit the data. In addition, path coefficients were calculated to determine whether mediation had been established. The results indicated that the specified model produced a good fit to the data. Moreover, the findings revealed that FNE partially mediated the relation between academic stress and the psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression. Implications for the study’s findings are discussed and recommendations for future research are presented.
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ISSN:0971-3336
0973-0761
DOI:10.1177/0971333614564747