Social Interaction Anxiety Scale

Social Interaction Anxiety Scale
Purposemeasures social anxiety
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The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) is a self-report scale that measures distress when meeting and talking with others [1] that is widely used in clinical settings and among social anxiety researchers.[2] The measure assesses social anxiety disorder, which is fear or anxiety about one or more social situations where the individual is subject to possible scrutiny.[3]

  1. ^ Mattick, R.P.; Clarke, J.C. (1998). "Development and validation of measures of social phobia scrutiny fear and social interaction anxiety". Behaviour Research and Therapy. 36 (4): 455–470. doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(97)10031-6. PMID 9670605.
  2. ^ Blanc, Allura L. Le; Bruce, Laura C.; Heimberg, Richard G.; Hope, Debra A.; Blanco, Carlos; Schneier, Franklin R.; Liebowitz, Michael R. (2014-06-01). "Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Two Short Forms of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale". Assessment. 21 (3): 312–323. doi:10.1177/1073191114521279. ISSN 1073-1911. PMID 24497625. S2CID 15201843.
  3. ^ American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5. American Psychiatric Association. ISBN 978-0-89042-334-9.