Criterion/Predictive
Scores on the SIAS predicted state anxiety during actual face-to-face interactions ( Langer & Rodebaugh, 2013 )
and while watching videos that delivered positive and negative social feedback ( Weeks, Howell, & Goldin, 2013 ).
In a two-week daily diary study, SIAS scores predicted more daily negative emotions and less daily positive
emotions ( Farmer & Kashdan, 2012 ). Scores on the SIAS also predicted relationship satisfaction via concerns with
intimacy and open sexual communication ( Montesi et al., 2013 ).
In a study of college students’ Facebook pages, Fernandez, Levinson, and Rodebaugh (2012) found that people
with higher scores on the SIAS had fewer Facebook friends but posted more information about themselves and
their interests, presumably to convey self-relevant information in a carefully managed form. Furthermore, raters’
judgments of students’ levels of social anxiety after viewing their Facebook pages correlated with students’
SIAS scores.
Location
Mattick, R.P., & Clarke, J.C. (1998). Development and validation of measures of social scrutiny fear and social
interaction anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36 , 455/C0470.
Results and Comments
Several self-report measures of social anxiety have been developed, but only a few /C0including the Social
Interaction Anxiety Scale ( Mattick & Clarke, 1998 ) and the Interaction Anxiousness Scale ( Leary, 1983 )/C0assess
feelings of anxiety in social encounters independently of patterns of inhibited, awkward, or avoidant behavior.
In most instances, using a ‘pure’ measure of subjective social anxiety is preferred because scales that assess both
anxiety and behavior make it impossible to study the relationship between subjective anxiety and its behavioral
and motivational correlates and concomitants ( Leary, 1991 ). The SIAS is a reliable and valid measure of the
tendency to experience anxiety as a result of interpersonal concerns.
SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE
Indicate the degree to which you feel the statement is
characteristic or true of you.
05Not at all characteristic or true of me.
15Slightly characteristic or true of me.
25Moderately characteristic or true of me.
35Very characteristic or true of me.
45Extremely characteristic or true of me.
1.I get nervous if I have to speak with someone in
authority (teacher, boss, etc.).
2.I have difficulty making eye-contact with others.
3.I become tense if I have to talk about myself or my
feelings.
4.I find difficulty mixing comfortably with the people
I work with.
5.I tense up if I meet an acquaintance in the street.
6.When mixing socially, I am uncomfortable.
7.I feel tense if I am alone with just one other person.
8.I am at ease meeting people at parties, etc.*
9.I have difficulty talking with other people.10.I find it easy to think of things to talk about.*
11.I worry about expressing myself in case I appear
awkward.
12.I find it difficult to disagree with another’s point of
view.
13.I have difficulty talking to attractive persons of the
opposite sex.
14.I find myself worrying that I won’t know what to
say in social situations.
15.I am nervous mixing with people I don’t know well.
16.I feel I’ll say something embarrassing when talking.
17.When mixing in a group, I find myself worrying I
will be ignored.
18.I am tense mixing in a group.
19.I am unsure whether to greet someone I know only
slightly.
Notes :
*Reverse scored item.
Reproduced with permission.
Social Phobia (Scrutiny Fear) Scale (SPS)
(Mattick & Clarke, 1998 ).458 16. MEASURES OF CONCERNS WITH PUBLIC IMAGE AND SOCIAL EVALUATION
IV. INTERPERSONAL STYLES