Committee Chair

Howell, Ashley N.

Committee Member

Black, Kristen Jennings, 1991-; Shelton, Jill T.

Department

Dept. of Psychology

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Risk for excessive fears of evaluation in adulthood may increase with severity of exposure across five sub-domains of childhood maltreatment. Childhood exposure to childhood maltreatment may increase risk for behaviors associated with fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and fear of positive evaluation (FPE), such as submissive behavior displays (e.g., eye gaze avoidance). Additionally, previous literature (while limited) suggests that negative affect, especially shame, may play an influential role in the relationship between overall childhood maltreatment history severity and fears of evaluation in adulthood. Shame has the potential to increase FNE and FPE along with associated behaviors (i.e., gaze avoidance). The goal of this study was to further establish the relationships among retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment severity, trait fears of evaluation in adulthood, trait shame and state shame following negative or positive evaluative feedback in an audio-visual computerized paradigm, and associated submissive behavior (i.e., eye gaze avoidance).

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the faculty of the UTC psychology department for aiding me in completing this project. I especially give appreciation and gratitude towards Dr. Ashley N. Howell for her aid throughout my Master's Program personally, academically, and career wise.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

8-2023

Subject

Fear; Child abuse--Psychological aspects; Shame

Keyword

Childhood Maltreatment; Fears of Evaluation; Shame; Submissive Behaviors; Eye Tracking

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

xi, 83 leaves

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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