Your Social Anxiety Score

edit: meh.

[Pal]

Originally Posted by CaughtByTheFuzz

I showed the test to my psychiatrist yesterday, he said it's pretty much utter rubbish - flawed and outdated. People seem to be taking their scores as a serious indicaction of their progress. Don't!

Hmmm

My reaction preciely.

[blubs]

113.
I'm always suprised at how severe my SA is...when I look at it objectively.
I don't know why...it's effected my whole life. Or is that affected? whatever

[SuGaR!*]

you shouldnt get depressed about online tests they arent definate , they cant really tell you exactly how bad you are, they are just genral questions that give you a guide to how bad you may be.


mine was 72 by the way. i think this is a bit high really as now im not so much anxious unless i have to do something infront of people like doing a presentation for example. I just tend to avoid everything i possibly can, i guess thats why its high, im more depressed than anxious.

I was somewhere in the "very severe" range.

46 (fear) + 42 (avoidance) = 88

[wobbly]

62 and what I expected. I had a relapse recently and have been working hard to gain lost ground so I am pleased with this result. My problems are not socially related in themselves but relate to my competance and judgement by others.

[Left Of The Dial]

Your score:
43 (fear) + 35 (avoidance) = 78

I thought i would have got 144!

[Conquistador]

85... I guess I have made some progress then

[flikk]

Your score:
47 (fear) + 47 (avoidance) = 94

[sylvan]

Your score:
58 (fear) + 64 (avoidance) = 122

[julian1234]

63 (fear) + 48 (avoidance) = 111

[shaken_and_stirred]

Scored:

1st test: 38 (fear) + 29 (Avoidance) = 67

Then I thought, well I lot of those answers I was guessing/don't apply to me so...

2nd test: 33 (fear) + 28 (Avoidance) = 61

Also, some of those answers changed depending on circumstances... For example I won't be able to eat in front of certain people, which is quite rare these days, and yet I will actually WANT to eat with people most of the time. It can be quite Jekyll and Hyde. I'm a high scoring moderate SA guy I guess, but I've improved so much in the last year I'm not concerned overly with the test...

[FeelSoLow]

Scored 50... Better than I thought.

[Bob Garside]

43 (fear) + 42 (avoidance) = 85

It all varies, though.

There's no one set rule for all.

[W!llow]

84. 46 fear 38 avoidance.

I tried it twice first time I got 90. (with my pessimist head) But I thought about different questions again and thought oh I do better than that in those situations now, so tried it again and its 84.

Still surprised I am in the severe category. I have come a long way.
I know I have particular issues like public speaking, avoid at all costs, group activities difficult still.

[bekki]

Your score:
64 (fear) + 58 (avoidance) = 122

[silly-moo]

40 (fear) + 39 (avoidance) = 79

I was expecting it to be much higher though

[Angelic-Dreamer]

my was score:
58 (fear) + 59 (avoidance) = 117

[michael]

61 (fear) + 64 (avoidance) = 125

[Phoenix]

59 (fear) + 52 (avoidance) = 111

An interesting poll. My high score isn't suprising.

[Amber Fyre]

Well I started this poll partly because I am conducting a study on social anxiety as part of my dissertation for university. I have now had 76 replies from people there so thought I'd give the results (so far!) for them:

Mean score: 50 (with SD of 21)
The scores ranged from 8-115

There were 27 people with a score above 55 (which according to the questionnaire is 'moderate SA'). So 36% of people at my university apparently have moderate SA!!!

24% have 'marked SA'
11% have 'severe SA'
3% have 'very severe SA'.


Seeing as these percentages are extremely high (compared to what most studies suggest) I can either conclude that my university is full of socially anxious people, or (more likely) that the interpretation of the scores given on that website aren't entirely accurate. Therefore if you scored highly it may not be so bad.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by amberfirez

or (more likely) that the interpretation of the scores given on that website aren't entirely accurate.

The test does seem to be flawed. Firstly due to the nature of it the responses are subjectively judged, and there doesn't seem to be enough responses, only three for each. It's normal to be uneasy speaking to large groups "20 - Giving a report to a group" but someone who did seem to see themselves getting markedly more nervous than others when doing it might consider that it is severe compared with others. The subjective nature of it is the problem although I'm not sure if you can test it any other way. It also goes back to the old issue of the distinction between shyness and SA, how is mild SA according to that test different than mild shyness?

Good luck with your dissertation.

[bluebottle]

Hi everyone, I scored 66 (marked social phobia), 36 for fears and 30 for avoidance. Actually I am feeling pleased now. Although there is still a lot of room for improvement of course!

[Lille]

63 fear + 60 avoidance = 123

[carnage]

67 (fear) + 66 (avoidance) = 133

I actually thought I was improving, hmmm

[Blueberry]

126

[luckie]

58 (fear) + 50 (avoidance) =108 arghhhhhhhh

[Ben1981]

63 (fear) + 57 (avoidance) = 120

Took this test again a month on and seem to be getting worse. And here I was thinking I was making progress

[Amber Fyre]

To all those people that think their score is high and are worried about it:

When I gave this questionnaire out to university students:

They had an average score of 55 (which according to the questionnaire is 'moderate SA'). So 36% of people at my university apparently have moderate SA!!!

24% have 'marked SA'
11% have 'severe SA'
3% have 'very severe SA'.

As it's highly unlikely that 36% of the people at my university have SA the categories for the score are obviously flawed! In the other examples of this questionnaire I have not seen such categories so I do not know where these came from.

The scores can be between 0-144 so it's better just to base it on that. Plus, some of the questions are a bit iffy to me. Who DOESN'T get anxious before taking a test?!!!!!