The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Adults (LSAS)

The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Adults (LSAS) is a questionnaire developed by Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher. It is designed to measure the level of social anxiety, the tendency toward avoidance, and their impact on a person’s social functioning across various social situations.

Instructions:

Below you will find descriptions of 24 situations. Read each situation carefully and answer two questions about it:

1. how intense is the fear or anxiety you experience in this situation;
2. how often you avoid situations like this.

If the question describes a situation you don’t typically encounter — imagine that you are faced with it, and rate how much you would fear this hypothetical situation and how often you would tend to avoid it.

Base your ratings on how you have felt in similar situations over the past week.