Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Desire for Fame in Young Adults

Abstract

The study aimed to explore fear of negative evaluation and self-esteem as predictors of desire for fame in young adults. It also identifies fear of negative evaluation and self-esteem as the predictors of desire for fame. The convenient sample of 200 young adults (120 males, 80 females) aged 18-30 years (M =20.77) (SD =1.57) were taken from Sahiwal District. The research design was correlation to collect data on fear of negative evaluation, self-esteem and desire for fame. Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (Leary, 1983), Rosenberg Self- esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965) and Desire for Fame scale (Gountas et al.,2012) were administered. Correlation analysis obtained showed that fear of negative evaluation had high negative correlation with self-esteem and positive correlation with the desire to achieve fame. The desire to be renowned as the product of fear of negative assessment and self - esteem in young adults. The multilevel linear regression analysis has indicated that fear of negative evaluation was significant positive predictor of desire to become famous among young adults. The independent sample t-tests provided significant differences between males and females in regard to genders experiencing fear of negative of evaluation, self- esteem, and desire of fame claiming that male is significantly likely to exhibit desire of fame than females. The results helped to learn more about the links of these variables to each other and about the necessity to concentrate on them within the framework of psychological interventions and support actions towards young adults.