Measure Your Social Anxiety
Here is a simple questionnaire you can fill out to see where your symptoms put you on a standardized scale of social anxiety. Click on the button to download the self-test. Then come back and score yourself using the guidelines below.
Scoring the SIAS
Give yourself 0 through 4 points for each of the 20 items on the test, according to your 0-4 choices. Reverse the scores on items 5, 9, and 11, so a zero is worth 4 points, a 1 is worth 3 points, etc. 80 is the maximum number of points you can score (4x20). A score of 43 or more indicates traditional social anxiety (generalized irrational fears across numerous social situations with avoidance and impairment). A score of 34 to 42 indicates what is sometimes called social phobia (specific situations of irrational social fears with avoidance and impairment).
If you'd like to bring your test with you when you come to see me, we can use it to provide helpful information in formulating a treatment plan.
Give yourself 0 through 4 points for each of the 20 items on the test, according to your 0-4 choices. Reverse the scores on items 5, 9, and 11, so a zero is worth 4 points, a 1 is worth 3 points, etc. 80 is the maximum number of points you can score (4x20). A score of 43 or more indicates traditional social anxiety (generalized irrational fears across numerous social situations with avoidance and impairment). A score of 34 to 42 indicates what is sometimes called social phobia (specific situations of irrational social fears with avoidance and impairment).
If you'd like to bring your test with you when you come to see me, we can use it to provide helpful information in formulating a treatment plan.