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Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

This questionnaire doesn't collect any information about you, nor does it send any information to us - it's completely confidential to you. When we are socially anxious, we not only feel fear associated with social situations, but we also tend to avoid them. Complete the following 24 questions, to view your score click the 'calculate results' button. A free, downloadable version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) is also avaliable.

  Situation
  Fear
  Avoidance
1. Using a telephone in public
2. Taking part in a small group activity
3. Eating in public
4. Drinking with other people
5. Talking to someone in authority
6. Acting, performing or speaking 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 face to face with someone 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 centre of attention
16. Speaking up at a meeting
17. Taking a test of your ability, skill, or knowledge
18. Expressing disagreement or disapproval to someone you don't know very well
19. Looking someone who you don't know very well straight in the eyes
20. Giving a prepared talk to a group of people
21. Trying to make someone's acquaintance for the purpose of a romantic / sexual relationship
22. Returning goods to a store for a refund
23. Giving a party
24. Resisting a 'high pressure' sales person
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