Social Interaction Anxiety Scale

What it measures

Measures anxiety and distress specifically during social interactions (e.g., meeting people, joining conversations, dating) as distinct from performance situations. Widely used alongside the Social Phobia Scale (SPS) — together they cover the two main domains of social anxiety: interaction anxiety and observation anxiety.

Representative items

• I become anxious if I have to speak in a group.
• I have difficulty mixing comfortably with the people I work with.
• I am tense mixing in a group.
• I have difficulty talking with other people.
• I find it difficult to disagree with another's point of view.

Citation

Mattick, R.P., & Clarke, J.C. (1998). Development and validation of measures of social phobia scrutiny fear and social interaction anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36(4), 455–470.