Advances in Management and Intelligent Technologies

Fear of Negative Evaluation and Thought Suppression Among Adolescence: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness

Advances in Management and Intelligent Technologies July 9, 2026 Xiaoli Zhang, Zhicheng Li

This review synthesizes work on fear of negative evaluation (FNE), thought suppression, and the possible moderating role of mindfulness. FNE is a social-cognitive vulnerability marked by worry over others' judgment, rejection, or devaluation. Suppression, in turn, refers to deliberate efforts to exclude unwanted cognitive content from awareness. Recent work has tied evaluative fear to...