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Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS)

MZ Maha Zakhour
CH Chadia Haddad
HS Hala Sacre
KF Kassandra Fares
MA Marwan Akel
SO Sahar Obeid
PS Pascale Salameh
SH Souheil Hallit
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The LSAS is a 24-item self-report scale that measures social anxiety disorder over the past week [63]. Questions are divided into two subcategories evaluating fear and avoidance. Examples of items: “Participating in a small group activity”, “Drinking with others”, “Acting, performing, or speaking in front of an audience”. Questions are rated on a scale from 0 (none for fear, or never for avoidance) to 3 (severe for fear and usually for avoidance). The total score calculated by summing the answers to the two subcategories varies between 0 and 144. A higher score indicates very severe social phobia. The Cronbach’s alpha values for the total score, avoidance, and fear scores were 0.954, 0.953, and 0.945, respectively.

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