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Scales Used in Depression and Anxiety Research
Published in Siegfried Kasper, Johan A. den Boer, J. M. Ad Sitsen, Handbook of Depression and Anxiety, 2003
The first clinician-administered scale developed for the assessment of fear and avoidance associated with social phobia was the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) [80]. The LSAS assesses a wide range of both social interaction and performance/observation situations that are rated for degree of fear/anxiety and frequency of avoidance. It has been widely used in studies of the pharmacotherapy of social phobia. The LSAS shows a high degree of convergent validity with other measures of social phobia, such as the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale [81], the Social Phobia Scale [81], etc. Also other psychometric variables related to validity and reliability are satisfactory.
Digital phenotyping of student mental health during COVID-19: an observational study of 100 college students
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Jennifer Melcher, Joel Lavoie, Ryan Hays, Ryan D'Mello, Natali Rauseo-Ricupero, Erica Camacho, Elena Rodriguez-Villa, Hannah Wisniewski, Sarah Lagan, Aditya Vaidyam, John Torous
At the first and second telehealth visits students completed an extensive battery of mental health assessments as well as demographic questionnaires (see Figure 1). These clinical assessments covered a few categories of mental health problems. First, assessments concerning depression included the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)24 and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS).25 Assessments pertaining to feelings of anxiety included the General Anxiety Questionnaire 7 (GAD-7)26 and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS).27 Other assessments included the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ)28 to screen for psychosis, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)29 to measure students’ stress levels, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)30 to measure the sleep behavior of students, and the UCLA Loneliness Scale to test students’ feelings of loneliness.31 The final questionnaires aimed to assess general health and functioning with the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS),32 the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36),33 the Social Functioning Scale (SFS),34 and the Flourishing Scale.35
Functions of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Late Adolescence: A Latent Class Analysis
Published in Archives of Suicide Research, 2020
Julia A. C. Case, Taylor A. Burke, David M. Siegel, Marilyn L. Piccirillo, Lauren B. Alloy, Thomas M. Olino
The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS; Mattick & Clarke, 1998) is a 20-item self-report measure that assesses social anxiety in interpersonal situations. Participants rate each item on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all characteristic of me) to 4 (extremely characteristic of me). As previous researchers have found that the reverse-worded items are less valid indicators of social anxiety than the straightforward worded items (for review, see Rodebaugh et al., 2011), only the scores from the straightforward worded items were included in the analyses. The SIAS is a well-established measure for the assessment of social anxiety and has demonstrated good construct and factorial validity as well as reliability (Brown et al., 1997; Mattick & Clarke, 1998; Rodebaugh, Woods, & Heimberg, 2007; Rodebaugh, Woods, Heimberg, Liebowitz, & Schneier, 2006; Safren, Turk, & Heimberg, 1998). Internal consistency in this sample was α = .95.
Life Matters: Exploring the Influence of Games and Mental Skills on Relatedness and Social Anxiety Levels in Disengaged Adolescent Students
Published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2020
Mark George McMahon, Stephanie J. Hanrahan
The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS). The SIAS was developed and published by Mattick and Clarke in 1998 and has been used to assess prevalence, severity, and treatment outcomes of social phobia and social anxiety disorders. The SIAS is a 20-item measure on which respondents rate their experiences in social situations associated with social anxiety and social phobia Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; APA, 2013) criteria. An example of an item is “I have difficulty talking with other people.” Experiences are rated on a 5-point scale from 0 (not at all characteristic of me) to 4 (extremely characteristic of me). A total score of 80 is possible with cutoffs of 34 or more indicative of social phobia (specific situations of irrational social fears with avoidance and impairment) and 43 or more indicative of social anxiety (generalized irrational fears across numerous social situations with avoidance and impairment). For Items 5, 9, and 11, scoring is reversed to assess for response validity. The scale showed good internal consistency in the original study (α = .9; Mattick & Clarke, 1998), and in the current study (α = .82). The original study also provided validational support for the use of the SIAS with community (including youth) samples (Mattick & Clarke, 1998).