Resumo A escala de Medo de Avaliação Negativa (MAN) foi desenvolvida para avaliar a preocupação acerca Abstract The Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNE) was developed to evaluate the preoccupation about being negatively evaluated by others in social contexts. The use of its brief version consisting of 8 items assessed directly seems advantageous for construct validity. Even so, some of its items may be referring to a general fear of evaluation and not to a specific of this evaluation being negative, thus supporting Laboratório de Psicologia, 12(1): 31-40 (2014) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de CoimbraA correspondência relativa a este artigo deverá ser enviada para: