Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

This measure assesses the way that social phobia plays a role in your life across a variety of situations.

In the first half answer the questions in regards to how anxious or fearful you feel in the situation.
In the second half answer the questions in regards to how often you avoid the situation.

If you come across a situation that you ordinarily do not experience, we ask that you imagine “what if you were faced with that situation,” and then, rate the degree to which you would fear this hypothetical situation and how often you would tend to avoid it. Please base your ratings on the way that the situations have affected you in the last week. Fill out the following scale with the most suitable answer provided below.

1. Telephoning in public *

2. Participating in small groups *

3. Eating in public places *

4. Drinking with others in public places *

5. Talking to people in authority *

6. Acting, performing or giving a talk in front of an audience *

7. Going to a party *

8. Working while being observed *

9. Writing while being observed *

10. Calling someone you don’t know very well *

11. Talking with people you don’t know very well *

12. Meeting strangers *

13. Urinating in a public bathroom *

14. Entering a room when others are already seated *

15. Being the center of attention *

16. Speaking up at a meeting *

17. Taking a test *

18. Expressing a disagreement or disapproval to people you don’t know very well *

19. Looking at people you don’t know very well in the eyes *

20. Giving a report to a group *

21. Trying to pick up someone *

22. Returning goods to a store *

23. Giving a party *

24. Resisting a high pressure salesperson *

Total Fear Score

Sum of the scores of the questions above

1. Telephoning in public *

2. Participating in small groups *

3. Eating in public places *

4. Drinking with others in public places *

5. Talking to people in authority *

6. Acting, performing or giving a talk in front of an audience *

7. Going to a party *

8. Working while being observed *

9. Writing while being observed *

10. Calling someone you don’t know very well *

11. Talking with people you don’t know very well *

12. Meeting strangers *

13. Urinating in a public bathroom *

14. Entering a room when others are already seated *

15. Being the center of attention *

16. Speaking up at a meeting *

17. Taking a test *

18. Expressing a disagreement or disapproval to people you don’t know very well *

19. Looking at people you don’t know very well in the eyes *

20. Giving a report to a group *

21. Trying to pick up someone *

22. Returning goods to a store *

23. Giving a party *

24. Resisting a high pressure salesperson *

Total Avoidance Score

Sum of scores of the questions above

Sum of Total Scores (Fear + Avoidance)

Selected Value: 0

My social anxiety score is

Scores between 0-39= minimal social discomfort/ 40-54= mild social discomfort / 55-64= moderate social phobia / 65-79= marked social phobia / 80-94= severe social phobia / 95-144= very severe social phobia

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