LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE: FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS (LSAS-CA)

The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children & Adolescents (LSAS-CA) is a questionnaire developed by Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher.

  1. This measure assesses the way that social anxiety plays a role in your life across a variety of situations.
  2. Read each situation carefully and answer two questions about that situation.
  3. The first question asks how anxious or fearful you feel in the situation.
  4. The second question asks how often you avoid the situation.
  5. If you come across a situation that you ordinarily do not experience, we ask that you imagine "what if you were faced with that situation," and then rate the degree to which you would fear this hypothetical situation and how often you would tend to avoid it. Please base your ratings on the way that the situations have affected you in the last week.

  Situation  Fear  Avoidance
  1. Talking to classmates or others on a telephone
  2. Participating in work groups in the classroom
  3. Eating in front of others (eg. school, cafeteria, restaurants)
  4. Asking an adult you don’t know well, like a store clerk, principal or policeman, for help (eg. for directions or to explain something that you don’t understand)
  5. Giving a verbal report or presentation in class (eg. show and tell for younger children)
  6. Going to parties, dances, or school activities
  7. Writing on the chalkboard or in front of others
  8. Talking with other kids you don’t know well
  9. Starting a conversation with people you don’t know well
  10. Using school or public bathrooms
  11. Going into a classroom or another place (eg. church, cafeteria, food court) when others are already seated
  12. Having people pay close attention to you, or being the center of attention (eg. your own birthday party)
  Situation  Fear  Avoidance
  13. Asking questions in class
  14. Answering questions in class
  15. Reading out loud in class
  16. Taking a test
  17. Saying ‘no’ to others when they ask you to do something that you don’t want to do (like borrow something or look at your homework)
  18. Telling others that you disagree or that you are angry with them
  19. Looking at people you don’t know well in the eyes
  20. Returning something in a store
  21. Playing a sport or performing in front of other people (eg. gym class, dance school recital, musical concert)
  22. Joining a club or organization
  23. Meeting new people or strangers
  24. Asking a teacher permission to leave the classroom (eg. to go to the bathroom or the nurse)
Result:       
Your score:
    
    		 The scoring scale:
    0-29 You do not suffer from social
    anxiety
    30-49 Mild social anxiety
    50-64 Moderate social anxiety
    65-79 Marked social anxiety
    80-94 Severe social anxiety
    ≥ 95   Very severe social anxiety

The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children & Adolescents (LSAS-CA) is a questionnaire developed by Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher.

  1. This measure assesses the way that social anxiety plays a role in your life across a variety of situations.
  2. Read each situation carefully and answer two questions about that situation.
  3. The first question asks how anxious or fearful you feel in the situation.
  4. The second question asks how often you avoid the situation.
  5. If you come across a situation that you ordinarily do not experience, we ask that you imagine "what if you were faced with that situation," and then rate the degree to which you would fear this hypothetical situation and how often you would tend to avoid it. Please base your ratings on the way that the situations have affected you in the last week.

  Situation  Fear  Avoidance
  1. Talking to classmates or others on a telephone
  2. Participating in work groups in the classroom
  3. Eating in front of others (eg. school, cafeteria, restaurants)
  4. Asking an adult you don’t know well, like a store clerk, principal or policeman, for help (eg. for directions or to explain something that you don’t understand)
  5. Giving a verbal report or presentation in class (eg. show and tell for younger children)
  6. Going to parties, dances, or school activities
  7. Writing on the chalkboard or in front of others
  8. Talking with other kids you don’t know well
  9. Starting a conversation with people you don’t know well
  10. Using school or public bathrooms
  11. Going into a classroom or another place (eg. church, cafeteria, food court) when others are already seated
  12. Having people pay close attention to you, or being the center of attention (eg. your own birthday party)
  Situation  Fear  Avoidance
  13. Asking questions in class
  14. Answering questions in class
  15. Reading out loud in class
  16. Taking a test
  17. Saying ‘no’ to others when they ask you to do something that you don’t want to do (like borrow something or look at your homework)
  18. Telling others that you disagree or that you are angry with them
  19. Looking at people you don’t know well in the eyes
  20. Returning something in a store
  21. Playing a sport or performing in front of other people (eg. gym class, dance school recital, musical concert)
  22. Joining a club or organization
  23. Meeting new people or strangers
  24. Asking a teacher permission to leave the classroom (eg. to go to the bathroom or the nurse)
Result:       
Your score:
    
    		 The scoring scale:
    0-29 You do not suffer from social
    anxiety
    30-49 Mild social anxiety
    50-64 Moderate social anxiety
    65-79 Marked social anxiety
    80-94 Severe social anxiety
    ≥ 95   Very severe social anxiety

Credit: www.socialanxietysupport.com

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