Osório FL, Crippa JAS, Loureiro SR. Instruments for the assessment of social anxiety disorder: Validation studies. World J Psychiatr 2012; 2(5): 83-85 [PMID: 24175172 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v2.i5.83]
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World J Psychiatr. Oct 22, 2012; 2(5): 83-85 Published online Oct 22, 2012. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v2.i5.83
Instruments for the assessment of social anxiety disorder: Validation studies
Flávia de Lima Osório, José Alexandre de Souza Crippa, Sonia Regina Loureiro
Flávia de Lima Osório, José Alexandre de Souza Crippa, Sonia Regina Loureiro, Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, INCT Translational Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas, FMRP-USP, Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto SP, CEP 14049-900, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this manuscript.
Correspondence to: Flávia de Lima Osório, PhD, Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, INCT Translational Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas, FMRP-USP, Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto SP, CEP 14049-900, Brazil. flaliosorio@ig.com.br
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Received: August 9, 2011 Revised: June 7, 2012 Accepted: September 26, 2012 Published online: October 22, 2012
Abstract
Great progress has been observed in the literature over the last decade regarding the validation of instruments for the assessment of Social Anxiety Disorder in the Brazilian context. Particularly outstanding in this respect is the production of a group of Brazilian investigators regarding the psychometric study of the following instruments: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Social Phobia Inventory, Brief Social Phobia Scale, Disability Profile, Liebowitz Self-Rated Disability Scale, Social Phobia Safety Behaviors Scale and Self-Statements During Public Speaking Scale, which have proved to be appropriate and valid for use in the adult Brazilian population, representing resources for the assessment of social anxiety in clinical and experimental situations.
