Paper Title
The Influence of Social Interaction Anxiety and Fear of Negative Evaluation among Persons with Disabilities and Typically Developing Persons

Abstract
Aim: To study the influence of fear of negative evaluation on social interaction anxiety among persons with disabilities. To study the influence of fear of negative evaluation on social interaction anxiety on persons without disability Hypothesis: Fear of negative evaluation has significant influence on social interaction anxiety among persons with disabilities. Fear of negative evaluation has significant influence on social interaction anxiety among persons without disabilities Fear of negative evaluation has significant influence on persons with disabilities Method: The participants of the present study consist of 109 individuals (51ndividuals without disability and 58 individuals with disability) data was collected using Google form and printed questionnaires. The instruments used in the current study are social interaction anxiety scale developed by Mattick and Clarke (1989) and brief fear of negative evaluation developed by Leary (1983).1) There is a significant positive relationship between fear of negative evaluation and social interaction anxiety among typically developing Persons 2)persons with disabilities. 3) There is significant difference between social interaction anxiety 4.there is difference between fear of negative evaluation among typically developing persons. Results: There is a positive correlation between social interaction anxiety and fear of negative evaluation among persons with disabilities and typically developing persons. Females are more socially anxious than males. There is no gender difference in fear of negative evaluation gender moderates the relationship between social interaction anxiety and fear of negative evaluation Keywords - Social Interaction Anxiety,Fear of Negative Evaluation,Typically Developing Persons, Persons with Disabilities