Social anxiety questionnaires, inventories and scales in adolescence: A critical review

Abstract

The aims of this study were two. First, the social anxiety questionnaires, inventories and/or scales developed and validated in the adolescent population (Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents, SAS-A, and Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents, QIDA) and the adolescent adaptation of the instruments firstly developed and validated for Englishspeaking adult population (Personal Report of Confidence as Speaker, PRCS; the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, FNE; the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale, SAD and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory, SPAI) are described. Second, a psychometric comparative study about these instruments is presented, thus the reliability (internal consistency and temporal stability) and construct validity (factorial structure, relationships with others questionnaires, relationships with others assessment procedures, discrimination between groups and treatment outcome) of these instruments are compared.