Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze and examine the relationship between the fear of negative evaluation and the anxiety for social appearance in folk dancers. The relational survey method was used in the study. “The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation (BFNE) Scale”, which was developed by Leary (1983) and the “Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS)”, which was developed by Hart et al. (2008) were used as the data collection tools in the study. The participants of this study consisted of 215 volunteer folk dancers who were selected with random sampling method in Interuniversity Folk Dances Championship in 2016-2017.When the findings obtained in the study were examined in terms of demographical variables, there was significant difference in the gender, income levels and folk dance experience. According to the scores obtained in the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale, it was determined that the dancers who spent most of their life at their villages, who had middle-level income, who were female, and who had less folk dance experience had higher average values. According to the correlation results between the scales, it was determined that there is a positive and high-level relation between social appearance anxiety and the fear of negative evaluation.
Highlights
A human is a social creature, which is a requirement of his nature, and lives in a network of relations
The study is an example for relational survey method. It was examined whether the fear of negative evaluation and the social appearance anxiety levels differed according to some demographical features of the folk dancers
When the correlation results between the scales used as data collection tools in the study are evaluated, it is observed that there is a positive, significant relationship between the fear of negative evaluation scores of the folk dancers and their social appearance anxiety scores according to r(215)=,62, p=,000
Summary
A human is a social creature, which is a requirement of his nature, and lives in a network of relations. When considered in terms of human relations, individuals want to leave an effect in their living areas because they are affected by the properties and behaviors of other people (Şahin, 2013). Impression management may be observed in every aspect of social behavior. The level of anxiety increases especially in individuals who think that they will leave negative impressions on other people around (Doğan & Kılıç, 2009; Leary & Kowalski, 1997). The anxiety for social appearance is the inclination of people that is defined as the level of the anxiety experienced by them when their bodies are examined by others (Balcı & Şahin, 2015)
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