[Social anxiety in patients with social phobia: validation of the Liebowitz social anxiety scale: the French version].
The Liebowitz's Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) (Liebowitz, 1987) is a rating scale of fear and avoidance in social interaction (12 items) and performance-oriented situations (12 items). This paper present the study of empirical and concurrent validation of the LSAS. Ninety-six patients suffering from social phobia according to DSM IV were included and compared with 64 non-clinical control subjects. Both patients and controls were divided into two sub-groups: the LSAS passation by hetero-evaluation or auto-evaluation. Social phobics had much higher scores on anxiety and avoidance of the LSAS than control subjects, whatever the method. There were no differencies between hetero and auto-evaluation in both groups of patients and non-clinical subjects, either on anxiety or on avoidance. The LSAS correlated better with social anxiety and negative cognition in social situations than with anxiety-depression in social phobics. The French version of the LSAS showed a good empirical and concurrent validity and the scale presents a good sensitivity to change after cognitive behavioral therapy in social phobics.
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Unité de Traitement de l'Anxiété, Hôpital Neurologique de Lyon.
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations
L'anxiété sociale chez les phobiques sociaux: validation de l'échelle d'anxiété sociale de Liebowitz (version française).