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Liebowitz social anxiety scale

November 05, 2023

The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a short questionnaire developed in 1987 by Michael Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.[1] Its purpose is to assess the range of social interaction and performance situations feared by a patient in order to assist in the diagnosis of social anxiety disorder. It is commonly used to study outcomes in clinical trials and, more recently, to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatments. The scale features 24 items, which are divided into two subscales. 13 questions relate to performance anxiety and 11 concern social situations. The LSAS was originally conceptualized as a clinician-administered rating scale, but has since been validated as a self-report scale.[2]

Introduction edit

To assess social phobia, psychologists and clinicians need to distinguish between performance anxiety and social interaction anxiety in order to make an accurate diagnosis. Social phobia was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition (DSM-III).[3] In the DSM-III-R and DSM-IV revisions, further expansion of the social phobia definition were included to better assess fears in social-interaction situations.[4][5] Social phobia is defined by a persistent fear of embarrassment or negative evaluation while engaged in social interaction or public performance. However, lack of empirical data made it difficult to differentiate and relate different types of feared situations and social interactions.[6] The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) was the first clinician-administered scale developed for the assessment of fear and avoidance associated with social phobia.[1] The LSAS has a broad scope in assessment of both social interactions and performance/observation situations. Since its invention, the LSAS has been used in many cognitive-behavioral treatments of social phobia. The LSAS is the most frequently used form of social anxiety assessment in research, clinical-based, and pharmacotherapy studies.[6]

Scoring edit

The scale is composed of 24 items divided into 2 subscales, 13 concerning performance anxiety, and 11 pertaining to social situations. The 24 items are first rated on a Likert Scale from 0 to 3 on fear felt during the situations, and then the same items are rated regarding avoidance of the situation.[7] Combining the total scores for the Fear and Avoidance sections provides an overall score with a maximum of 144 points. The clinician administered version of the test has four more subscale scores, which the self-administered test does not have. These additional four subscales are: fear of social interaction, fear of performance, avoidance of social interaction and avoidance of performance. Usually, the sum of the total fear and total avoidance scores are used in determining the final score (thus, essentially it uses the same numbers as the self-administered test). Research supports a cut-off point of 30, in which SAD is unlikely. The next cut-off point is at 60, at which SAD is probable. Scores in this range are typical of persons entering treatment for the non-generalized type of SAD. Scores between 60 and 90 indicate that SAD is very probable. Scores in this range are typical of persons entering treatment for the generalized type of SAD. Scores higher than 90 indicate that SAD is highly probable. Scores in this range often are accompanied by great distress and difficulty in social functioning, and are also commonly seen in persons entering treatment for the generalized type of SAD.[2][8][9]

The specific subtype of social anxiety disorder involves fear of one or several kinds of social/performance situations (often public speaking.)[10]

The generalized subtype of social anxiety disorder is characterized by fear of most social/performance situations.[11]

Reliability and validity edit

Heimberg et al. (1992) found that scores on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale were significantly correlated with scores of two other scales, which had demonstrated significant reliability and validity in several studies before. Those two scales are the Social Phobia Scale and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale.[12][13][14] In another study, Heimberg et al. (1999) also found that the LSAS is closely related to other scales, including the HRSD, BDI and the HAMA.

Research found that the internal consistency of the LSAS is high, too. In a large study, LSAS scores were compared with scores for Total fear, Fear of social interaction, Fear of performance, Total avoidance, Avoidance of social interaction and Avoidance of performance. Scores for total fear and social interaction were extremely high with correlations of .94 and .92, respectively.[15]

It was also found that phenelzine was associated with LSAS scores that had post-treatment scores with standard deviations at least half higher than patients in placebo treatment.[15]

Safren and colleagues found that the relationship between social interactional anxiety and performance anxiety in their studies, showed high face validity but lacked construct validity.[6] This study and others suggest the need for more research based on empirical approaches.

LSAS self-report questionnaire edit

The LSAS has been used as a self-report measure (LSAS-SR). Studies by Baker and colleagues have shown a high reliability and validity to the self-report questionnaire, consistent with the clinician-administered version of the LSAS, with the only exception being the fear subscale of performance situations. All subscales measures show high test-retest reliability. However, some differences did exist between clinician and the self-report measures. For a full discussion see Baker[16] and Cox.[17] Research has also established the structural validity and other metric qualities (i.e., internal reliability, test-retest) of the French adaptation of the LSAS-SR.[18]

LSAS for children and adolescents (LSAS-CA) edit

Similarly to the regular LSAS, the LSAS-CA also has a clinician administered version of the rest and a self-report version (LSAS-CA-SR). In the clinician administered version, subjects with social anxiety disorder had significantly higher LSAS-CA scores than subjects with other anxiety disorders and healthy controls.[19] The study also showed high internal consistency and high test-retest reliability. The self-report version of the Scale has been extensively tested on the Spanish population, with results high in validity and reliability. They also found significant differences in the scores for some sub-scales (total fear) between males and females.[20] Recent studies have also established the structural validity of the French version of the test, including reliable internal consistency and other psychometric properties.[21]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Liebowitz, Michael R (1987). "Social Phobia". Anxiety. pp. 141–73. doi:10.1159/000414022. ISBN 978-3-8055-4488-7. PMID 2885745. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b Rytwinski, Nina K; Fresco, David M; Heimberg, Richard G; Coles, Meredith E; Liebowitz, Michael R; Cissell, Shadha; Stein, Murray B; Hofmann, Stefan G (2009). "Screening for social anxiety disorder with the self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale". Depression and Anxiety. 26 (1): 34–8. doi:10.1002/da.20503. PMID 18781659. S2CID 24046311.
  3. ^ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (III ed.). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association. 1980.
  4. ^ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV ed.). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association. 1994.
  5. ^ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (III-R ed.). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association. 1987.
  6. ^ a b c Safren, Steven A; Heimberg, Richard G; Horner, Kelly J; Juster, Harlan R; Schneier, Franklin R; Liebowitz, Michael R (1999). "Factor Structure of Social Fears". Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 13 (3): 253–70. doi:10.1016/s0887-6185(99)00003-1. PMID 10372341.
  7. ^ Fresco, D.M.; Coles, M.E.; Heimberg, R.G.; Liebowitz, M.R.; Hami, S.; Stein, M.B.; Goetz, D. (2001). "The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale: a comparison of the psychometric properties of self-report and clinician-administered formats". Psychological Medicine. 31 (1): 1025–1035. doi:10.1017/s0033291701004056. PMID 11513370. S2CID 25072270.
  8. ^ Liebowitz. "Test for Social Anxiety Disorder." Test for Social Anxiety Disorder. Columbia University Medical Center, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2014.
  9. ^ Mennin, D. S.; Fresco, D. M.; Heimberg, R. G.; Schneier, F. R.; Davies, S. O.; Liebowitz, M. R. (2002). "Screening for social anxiety disorder in the clinical setting: using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale". Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 16 (6): 661–673. doi:10.1016/s0887-6185(02)00134-2. PMID 12405524.
  10. ^ Beidel, D. C.; Turner, S. M. (2007). Shy children, phobic adults: Nature and treatment of social anxiety disorders (2nd ed.). doi:10.1037/11533-000. ISBN 978-1-59147-452-4.
  11. ^ American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Anxiety disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text rev., pp. 450–456). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.
  12. ^ scores on LSAS subscales were significantly correlated with scores on the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale (Mattick & Clarke, 1998), two self-report measures of social phobia with demonstrated reliability and validity
  13. ^ Le Blanc, Allura L.; Bruce, Laura C.; Heimberg, Richard G.; Hope, Debra A.; Blanco, Carlos; Schneier, Franklin R.; Liebowitz, Michael R. (2014-06-01). "Evaluation of the psychometric properties of two short forms of the social interaction anxiety scale and the social phobia scale". Assessment. 21 (3): 312–323. doi:10.1177/1073191114521279. ISSN 1552-3489. PMID 24497625. S2CID 15201843.
  14. ^ Heimberg, Richard G (1992). "Assessment of anxiety in social interaction and being observed by others: The social interaction anxiety scale and the social phobia scale". Behavior Therapy. 23: 53–73. doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(05)80308-9.
  15. ^ a b Heimberg, R.; Horner, K.; Juster, H.; Safren, S.; Brown, E.; Schneier, F.; Liebowitz, M. (1999). "Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale". Psychological Medicine. 29 (1): 199–212. doi:10.1017/s0033291798007879. PMID 10077308. S2CID 37105998.
  16. ^ Baker L, Sandra; Heinrichs, Nina; Kim, Hyo-Jin; Hofmann G, Stefan (2002). "The Liebowitz social anxiety scale as a self-report instrument: a preliminary psychometric analysis". Behaviour Research and Therapy. 40 (6): 701–715. doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(01)00060-2. PMID 12051488.
  17. ^ Cox J., Brian; Ross, Leah; Swinson P, Richard; Direnfeld, David (July 1998). "A comparison of social phobia outcome measures in cognitive-behavioral group therapy". Behavior Modification. 22 (3): 285–297. doi:10.1177/01454455980223004. PMID 9670801. S2CID 24169772.
  18. ^ Heeren, A.; Maurage, P.; Rossignol, M.; Vanhaelen, M.; Peschard, V.; Eeckhout, C.; Philippot, P. (2012). "The self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale: Psychometric properties of the French version". Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. 44 (2): 99–107. doi:10.1037/a0026249.
  19. ^ Masia-Warner, Carrie; Storch, Eric A.; Pincus, Donna B.; Klein, Rachel G.; Heimberg, Richard G.; Liebowitz, Michael R. (2003). "The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents: An Initial Psychometric Investigation". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 42 (9): 1076–084. doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000070249.24125.89. PMID 12960707.
  20. ^ Olivares, J; Sánchez-García, R; López-Pina, J. A (2009). "The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents". Psicothema. 21 (3): 486–91. PMID 19622334.
  21. ^ Schmits, E.; Heeren, A.; Quertemont, E. (2014). "The self-report Version of the LSAS-CA: Psychometric Properties of the French Version in a non-clinical adolescent sample". Psychologica Belgica. 54 (2): 181–198. doi:10.5334/pb.al.

External links edit

  • Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale - Online Version
  • Information regarding the scale

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The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale LSAS is a short questionnaire developed in 1987 by Michael Liebowitz a psychiatrist and researcher at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute 1 Its purpose is to assess the range of social interaction and performance situations feared by a patient in order to assist in the diagnosis of social anxiety disorder It is commonly used to study outcomes in clinical trials and more recently to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatments The scale features 24 items which are divided into two subscales 13 questions relate to performance anxiety and 11 concern social situations The LSAS was originally conceptualized as a clinician administered rating scale but has since been validated as a self report scale 2 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Scoring 3 Reliability and validity 4 LSAS self report questionnaire 5 LSAS for children and adolescents LSAS CA 6 References 7 External linksIntroduction editTo assess social phobia psychologists and clinicians need to distinguish between performance anxiety and social interaction anxiety in order to make an accurate diagnosis Social phobia was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders third edition DSM III 3 In the DSM III R and DSM IV revisions further expansion of the social phobia definition were included to better assess fears in social interaction situations 4 5 Social phobia is defined by a persistent fear of embarrassment or negative evaluation while engaged in social interaction or public performance However lack of empirical data made it difficult to differentiate and relate different types of feared situations and social interactions 6 The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale LSAS was the first clinician administered scale developed for the assessment of fear and avoidance associated with social phobia 1 The LSAS has a broad scope in assessment of both social interactions and performance observation situations Since its invention the LSAS has been used in many cognitive behavioral treatments of social phobia The LSAS is the most frequently used form of social anxiety assessment in research clinical based and pharmacotherapy studies 6 Scoring editThe scale is composed of 24 items divided into 2 subscales 13 concerning performance anxiety and 11 pertaining to social situations The 24 items are first rated on a Likert Scale from 0 to 3 on fear felt during the situations and then the same items are rated regarding avoidance of the situation 7 Combining the total scores for the Fear and Avoidance sections provides an overall score with a maximum of 144 points The clinician administered version of the test has four more subscale scores which the self administered test does not have These additional four subscales are fear of social interaction fear of performance avoidance of social interaction and avoidance of performance Usually the sum of the total fear and total avoidance scores are used in determining the final score thus essentially it uses the same numbers as the self administered test Research supports a cut off point of 30 in which SAD is unlikely The next cut off point is at 60 at which SAD is probable Scores in this range are typical of persons entering treatment for the non generalized type of SAD Scores between 60 and 90 indicate that SAD is very probable Scores in this range are typical of persons entering treatment for the generalized type of SAD Scores higher than 90 indicate that SAD is highly probable Scores in this range often are accompanied by great distress and difficulty in social functioning and are also commonly seen in persons entering treatment for the generalized type of SAD 2 8 9 The specific subtype of social anxiety disorder involves fear of one or several kinds of social performance situations often public speaking 10 The generalized subtype of social anxiety disorder is characterized by fear of most social performance situations 11 Reliability and validity editHeimberg et al 1992 found that scores on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale were significantly correlated with scores of two other scales which had demonstrated significant reliability and validity in several studies before Those two scales are the Social Phobia Scale and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale 12 13 14 In another study Heimberg et al 1999 also found that the LSAS is closely related to other scales including the HRSD BDI and the HAMA Research found that the internal consistency of the LSAS is high too In a large study LSAS scores were compared with scores for Total fear Fear of social interaction Fear of performance Total avoidance Avoidance of social interaction and Avoidance of performance Scores for total fear and social interaction were extremely high with correlations of 94 and 92 respectively 15 It was also found that phenelzine was associated with LSAS scores that had post treatment scores with standard deviations at least half higher than patients in placebo treatment 15 Safren and colleagues found that the relationship between social interactional anxiety and performance anxiety in their studies showed high face validity but lacked construct validity 6 This study and others suggest the need for more research based on empirical approaches LSAS self report questionnaire editThe LSAS has been used as a self report measure LSAS SR Studies by Baker and colleagues have shown a high reliability and validity to the self report questionnaire consistent with the clinician administered version of the LSAS with the only exception being the fear subscale of performance situations All subscales measures show high test retest reliability However some differences did exist between clinician and the self report measures For a full discussion see Baker 16 and Cox 17 Research has also established the structural validity and other metric qualities i e internal reliability test retest of the French adaptation of the LSAS SR 18 LSAS for children and adolescents LSAS CA editSimilarly to the regular LSAS the LSAS CA also has a clinician administered version of the rest and a self report version LSAS CA SR In the clinician administered version subjects with social anxiety disorder had significantly higher LSAS CA scores than subjects with other anxiety disorders and healthy controls 19 The study also showed high internal consistency and high test retest reliability The self report version of the Scale has been extensively tested on the Spanish population with results high in validity and reliability They also found significant differences in the scores for some sub scales total fear between males and females 20 Recent studies have also established the structural validity of the French version of the test including reliable internal consistency and other psychometric properties 21 References edit a b Liebowitz Michael R 1987 Social Phobia Anxiety pp 141 73 doi 10 1159 000414022 ISBN 978 3 8055 4488 7 PMID 2885745 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a journal ignored help a b Rytwinski Nina K Fresco David M Heimberg Richard G Coles Meredith E Liebowitz Michael R Cissell Shadha Stein Murray B Hofmann Stefan G 2009 Screening for social anxiety disorder with the self report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Depression and Anxiety 26 1 34 8 doi 10 1002 da 20503 PMID 18781659 S2CID 24046311 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III ed Washington DC American Psychiatric Association 1980 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV ed Washington DC American Psychiatric Association 1994 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III R ed Washington DC American Psychiatric Association 1987 a b c Safren Steven A Heimberg Richard G Horner Kelly J Juster Harlan R Schneier Franklin R Liebowitz Michael R 1999 Factor Structure of Social Fears Journal of Anxiety Disorders 13 3 253 70 doi 10 1016 s0887 6185 99 00003 1 PMID 10372341 Fresco D M Coles M E Heimberg R G Liebowitz M R Hami S Stein M B Goetz D 2001 The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale a comparison of the psychometric properties of self report and clinician administered formats Psychological Medicine 31 1 1025 1035 doi 10 1017 s0033291701004056 PMID 11513370 S2CID 25072270 Liebowitz Test for Social Anxiety Disorder Test for Social Anxiety Disorder Columbia University Medical Center n d Web 13 Nov 2014 Mennin D S Fresco D M Heimberg R G Schneier F R Davies S O Liebowitz M R 2002 Screening for social anxiety disorder in the clinical setting using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Journal of Anxiety Disorders 16 6 661 673 doi 10 1016 s0887 6185 02 00134 2 PMID 12405524 Beidel D C Turner S M 2007 Shy children phobic adults Nature and treatment of social anxiety disorders 2nd ed doi 10 1037 11533 000 ISBN 978 1 59147 452 4 American Psychiatric Association 2000 Anxiety disorders In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 4th ed text rev pp 450 456 Washington D C American Psychiatric Association scores on LSAS subscales were significantly correlated with scores on the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale Mattick amp Clarke 1998 two self report measures of social phobia with demonstrated reliability and validity Le Blanc Allura L Bruce Laura C Heimberg Richard G Hope Debra A Blanco Carlos Schneier Franklin R Liebowitz Michael R 2014 06 01 Evaluation of the psychometric properties of two short forms of the social interaction anxiety scale and the social phobia scale Assessment 21 3 312 323 doi 10 1177 1073191114521279 ISSN 1552 3489 PMID 24497625 S2CID 15201843 Heimberg Richard G 1992 Assessment of anxiety in social interaction and being observed by others The social interaction anxiety scale and the social phobia scale Behavior Therapy 23 53 73 doi 10 1016 s0005 7894 05 80308 9 a b Heimberg R Horner K Juster H Safren S Brown E Schneier F Liebowitz M 1999 Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Psychological Medicine 29 1 199 212 doi 10 1017 s0033291798007879 PMID 10077308 S2CID 37105998 Baker L Sandra Heinrichs Nina Kim Hyo Jin Hofmann G Stefan 2002 The Liebowitz social anxiety scale as a self report instrument a preliminary psychometric analysis Behaviour Research and Therapy 40 6 701 715 doi 10 1016 s0005 7967 01 00060 2 PMID 12051488 Cox J Brian Ross Leah Swinson P Richard Direnfeld David July 1998 A comparison of social phobia outcome measures in cognitive behavioral group therapy Behavior Modification 22 3 285 297 doi 10 1177 01454455980223004 PMID 9670801 S2CID 24169772 Heeren A Maurage P Rossignol M Vanhaelen M Peschard V Eeckhout C Philippot P 2012 The self report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Psychometric properties of the French version Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 44 2 99 107 doi 10 1037 a0026249 Masia Warner Carrie Storch Eric A Pincus Donna B Klein Rachel G Heimberg Richard G Liebowitz Michael R 2003 The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents An Initial Psychometric Investigation Journal of the American Academy of Child amp Adolescent Psychiatry 42 9 1076 084 doi 10 1097 01 chi 0000070249 24125 89 PMID 12960707 Olivares J Sanchez Garcia R Lopez Pina J A 2009 The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents Psicothema 21 3 486 91 PMID 19622334 Schmits E Heeren A Quertemont E 2014 The self report Version of the LSAS CA Psychometric Properties of the French Version in a non clinical adolescent sample Psychologica Belgica 54 2 181 198 doi 10 5334 pb al External links editLiebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Online Version Information regarding the scale Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Liebowitz social anxiety scale amp oldid 1181206835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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