The Social Interaction Phobia Scale: Continued support for the psychometric validity of the SIPS using clinical and non-clinical samples

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-55

  Menatti, Alison R ^a   Weeks, Justin W ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^b   Morrison, Amanda S ^c   Heimberg, Richard G ^c   Hope, Debra A ^d   Blanco, Carlos ^e   Schneier, Franklin R ^e   Liebowitz, Michael R ^f  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear of public scrutiny; Psychometric characteristics; Social anxiety disorder; Social interaction anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR DSM IV; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL VALIDITY; FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION PHOBIA SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926371222     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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