Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Test The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a questionnaire developed by Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher. This measure assesses the way that social phobia plays a role in your life across a variety of situations. Read each situation carefully and answer two questions about that situation. The first question asks how anxious or fearful you feel in the situation. The second question asks 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. Heimburg, R. G. & Becker, R. E. (2002). Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Phobia. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Situation Fear Avoidance 1. Using a telephone in public 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 2. Participating in a small group activity 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 3. Eating in public 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 4. Drinking with others 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 5. Talking to someone in authority 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 6. Acting, performing, or speaking in front of an audience 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 7. Going to a party 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 8. Working while being observed 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 9. Writing while being observed 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 10. Calling someone you don't know very well 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 11. Talking face to face with someone you don't know very well 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 12. Meeting strangers 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually Situation Fear Avoidance 13. Urinating in a public bathroom 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 14. Entering a room when others are already seated 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 15. Being the center of attention 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 16. Speaking up at a meeting 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 17. Taking a test of your ability, skill, or knowledge 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 18. Expressing disagreement or disapproval to someone you don't know very well 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 19. Looking someone who you don't know very well straight in the eyes 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 20. Giving a prepared oral talk to a group 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 21. Trying to make someone's acquaintance for the purpose of a romantic/sexual relationship 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 22. Returning goods to a store for a refund 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 23. Giving a party 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually 24. Resisting a high pressure sales person 0 - None 1 - Mild 2 - Moderate 3 - Severe 0 - Never 1 - Occasionally 2 - Often 3 - Usually Result: Your score:



The scoring scale:

55-65 Moderate social phobia

65-80 Marked social phobia

80-95 Severe social phobia

Greater than 95 - Very severe social phobia

