title: The Brief Social Phobia Scale.
abstract: An observer measure of social phobic symptoms, referred to as the Brief Social Phobia Scale, consists of 11 items, 7 evaluating commonly feared or avoided situations and 4 additional items measuring autonomic distress. Symptoms represented by the scale items are found frequently in social phobia, and the instrument demonstrates acceptable interrater and test-retest reliability, internal consistency, concurrent validity against other measures of social phobia, and the ability of patients to change as a result of treatment. It can also detect differences between active treatment and placebo treatment. A comparison of the sensitivity of this scale with other scales in detection of size of effect also is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 27710.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Richichi
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index