The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a widely used screening questionnaire that assesses the severity of social anxiety across 24 everyday situations. For each situation, it measures two separate things: how much fear or anxiety you feel, and how often you avoid it.
The 24 situations fall into two broad groups: social interaction situations, such as meeting strangers or talking with people you don't know well, and performance situations, such as speaking in front of an audience or being observed while working.
For each situation you give two ratings: how anxious or fearful you feel, and how often you tend to avoid it. If you don't normally encounter a particular situation, imagine how you would feel and react if you were faced with it.
The test is designed for self-administration and reflects how these situations have affected you over the past week. The result is not a medical diagnosis and does not replace a consultation with a specialist.
If in addition to social anxiety you are troubled by low mood or loss of interest in activities you previously enjoyed, you may also find the depression test helpful.