Anxiety and panic
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
Asks adults how much fear they feel in everyday social and performance situations and how often they avoid them.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
- 48 questions
- About 10 minutes
- For adults
These tests are for screening. A result is not a diagnosis: only a psychiatrist or psychologist can make one, after talking with you.
Your answers are scored on this device and never sent. Only your result is saved, with the email address you confirm.
Confirm your email address
Before the test we send a 6-digit code to your email address. Your result is saved with it, so that our team can help you if you wish. The email with the code contains no health information.
In the first 24 questions, rate how much fear or anxiety you feel in each situation; in the next 24, rate how often you avoid the same situations. If you do not usually find yourself in a situation, imagine that you did and answer accordingly. Please think about the past week.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
No or very mild social anxiety
Your answers do not point to marked fear or avoidance in social and performance situations. Feeling a little nervous in situations such as speaking in public is normal. If a particular situation still troubles you, you can talk it over with a professional.
Moderate social anxiety
Your score is in the range described as moderate social anxiety: some social or performance situations make you anxious, or you avoid them. If this limits your work, studies or relationships, a psychiatrist or psychologist can assess it in detail; effective treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy are available.
Marked social anxiety
Your score is in the range described as marked social anxiety: you may feel anxious in many social or performance situations and often avoid them. Seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist would help to assess this properly and to discuss suitable treatment options.
Severe social anxiety
Your score is in the range described as severe social anxiety: fear and avoidance of social and performance situations may be affecting your daily life considerably. We recommend an assessment by a psychiatrist or psychologist; effective treatments for social anxiety are available.
Very severe social anxiety
Your score is in the range described as very severe social anxiety: you may feel intense fear in many social situations and avoid them to a large extent. This result is not a diagnosis on its own, but it would help to see a psychiatrist or psychologist soon; effective treatments for social anxiety are available.
Total score
out of 144
- Anxiety score
- out of 72
- Avoidance score
- out of 72
For information only: these scores have no cut-off of their own.
Take your result as a rough guide, not a diagnosis. How you feel over time, and a conversation with a specialist, tell much more than a questionnaire.
Talk it through with a specialist
If your result worries you, or you would like to talk it through, our psychiatrists can review it with you, free and without obligation.
Liebowitz MR (1987). Social phobia. Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry, 22, 141–173. Turkish adaptation: Dilbaz N (2001), validity and reliability study of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, 37th National Psychiatry Congress.
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.
About this test
The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale looks at how much fear or anxiety you feel in social and performance situations, and how often you avoid them. The same 24 situations are asked about twice, first for anxiety and then for avoidance (48 questions, about 10 minutes). The result gives an idea of how strong your social anxiety is; it is not a diagnosis and does not replace an assessment by a professional.
- Screens for
- Anxiety and panic disorders
- What happens next
- Psychotherapy
Score ranges of this test
| 0–54 | No or very mild social anxiety |
| 55–64 | Moderate social anxiety |
| 65–79 | Marked social anxiety |
| 80–94 | Severe social anxiety |
| 95–144 | Very severe social anxiety |
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) · Liebowitz MR (1987). Social phobia. Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry, 22, 141–173. Turkish adaptation: Dilbaz N (2001), validity and reliability study of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, 37th National Psychiatry Congress.
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.