title: The liebowitz social anxiety scale as a self-report instrument: a preliminary psychometric analysis.
abstract: The Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS) is a commonly used clinician-administered instrument. The present study reports on the properties of a self-report version of the LSAS (LSAS-SR). About 175 participants diagnosed with social phobia participated in the study. The LSAS-SR showed overall good psychometric properties as indicated by the results of test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and convergent and discriminant validity. Furthermore, the scale was sensitive to treatment change. The construct validity of the LSAS-SR, however, remains to be further explored. These findings support the utility of the LSAS-SR, which has the advantage of saving valuable clinician time compared to the clinician-administered version.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heinrichs
authors.forename: Hyo-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires