Translation and adaptation of brief fear of negative evaluation [BFNE] scale in Pakistan

ABSTRACT

The objective of the present study is to translate and adapt Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale [BFNE; Leary, 1983] in national language [Urdu] and estimation of its psychometric properties. After the process of Forward, back translation and committee approach the linguistic equivalence of the translated version of the scale was assessed on a sample of 71 bilingual adolescent students with the age range of 16-19 years, randomly selected from different schools of Karachi. The estimate shows significant results [r- .614] at .01 significant level. The split half reliability estimate was found to be .788, which is significant at .01 probability level. The Cronbach's alpha of the Urdu version of the BFNE scale is .762 indicating considerable internal consistency of the translated version of BFNE. The Urdu version of BFNE has found to be a reliable scale for adolescents in Pakistan