| ~Telephoning in public (speaking on the telephone in a public place) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Participating in small groups (having a discussion with a few others) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Eating in public places (do you tremble or feel awkward handling food?) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Drinking with others in public places (refers to any beverage including alcohol) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Talking to people in authority (e.g. a boss or teacher) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Acting, performing, or giving a talk in front of an audience (refers to a large audience) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Going to a party (an average party to which you may be invited, assume you know some but not all of the people at the party) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Working while being observed (any type of work you might do, including school work or housework) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Writing while being observed (for example, signing a check in a bank) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Telephoning someone you don't know very well | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Talking with people you don't know very well | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Meeting strangers (assume others are of average importance to you) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Urinating in a public bathroom (assume that others are sometimes present, as might normally be expected) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Entering a room when others are already seated (refers to a small group, and nobody has to move seats for you) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Being the center of attention (such as telling a story to a group of people) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Speaking up at a meeting (speaking from your seat in a small meeting, or standing up in place in a large meeting) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Taking a written test | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Expressing appropriate disagreement or disapproval to people you don't know very well | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Looking at people you don't know very well in the eyes (refers to appropriate eye contact) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Giving a report to a group (refers to an oral report to a small group) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Trying to pick someone up (refers to a single person attempting to initiate a relationship with a stranger) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Returning goods to a store where returns are normally accepted | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Giving a party (an average party to which you invite people you know) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
| ~Resisting a high pressure sales person (avoidance refers to listening to the salesperson for too long) | |
| Fear / Anxiety | Not at all Mild Moderate Severe |
| Avoidance | Never Occasionally Often Usually |
The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a 24-item clinician administered or self-rating scale for measuring social anxiety (phobia).
Of the 24 items, 13 relate to performance anxiety and 11 relate to social situations. Each of these 24 items is rated separately for Fear/Anxiety and Avoidance.
For Fear/Anxiety:
For Avoidance:
The clinician/patient should answer the questions based on their experience in the past week. All items should be rated for both Fear AND Avoidance.
Questions
Scoring/Interpretation:
There are 4 Subscales that make up the Total Score
Total Score (range 0-144 pts)
References: