title: The development and initial validation of a scale to measure social fear.
abstract: Developed a true-false scale to measure Social Fear, which Meehl argues is a sign of schizotypy, using procedures to maximize reliability and minimize response set bias (N = 910). Interviews with selected Ss (N = 44) confirm that the scale measures social fear, and the scale was found to correlate with previously developed schizotypy scales (N = 252).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology