The mediating role of academic stress on the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and emotional well-being in gifted and non-gifted adolescents

The present study examined the mediating role of academic stress on the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and emotional well-being among gifted and normal adolescents. In a sample consisting of 680 adolescents (325 normal، 355 gifted)، the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNES)، the Academic Expectations Stress Inventory (AESI)، and the Scales of Subjective Well-Being (SSW) were administered. In global model and for each of two groups (gifted and normal)، results indicated that the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and emotional well-being by academic stress is mediated. The results of the group specificity of structural relations showed that the relationships between fear of negative evaluation، academic stress and emotional well-being were equivalent for both groups. All of the regression weights in the global model and for each of the two groups (gifted and normal)، were statistically significant and model'' predictors accounted for 15 to 18 percent of the variance in negative affect and 13 to 21 percent of the variance in positive affect. These findings show that in both groups، when encountering social stressors in academic situations، differences in positive and negative affect to the stressors accounted for by difference in the degree of perceived academic stress.