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Social anxiousness: the construct and its measurement.

M R Leary

    Journal of Personality Assessment
    |February 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    Common social anxiety measures confuse anxiousness with behaviors. New scales developed by researchers accurately measure social anxiousness independently, showing high reliability and validity for better research.

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    Area of Science:

    • Social Psychology
    • Personality Research
    • Clinical Psychology

    Background:

    • Current self-report measures of social anxiety often conflate social anxiousness with specific associated behaviors.
    • This confounding limits the accurate assessment of social anxiety in research settings.
    • Theoretical and methodological issues related to this measurement problem are significant.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate new self-report scales for measuring social anxiety.
    • To differentiate between social anxiousness and specific social behaviors.
    • To create reliable and valid instruments for assessing interaction and audience anxiousness.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of two novel self-report scales targeting interaction and audience anxiousness.
    • Psychometric evaluation including internal consistency and test-retest reliability assessments.
    • Validation of the scales using construct and criterion validity measures.

    Main Results:

    • The new scales demonstrated high internal consistency.
    • Excellent test-retest reliability was observed for the scales.
    • Strong evidence for both construct and criterion validity was established.

    Conclusions:

    • The newly developed scales effectively measure interaction and audience anxiousness separately from specific social behaviors.
    • These scales offer a more precise tool for social psychological and personality research on social anxiety.
    • The findings support the utility of these scales for advancing the understanding of social anxiety.

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