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Clinical: mood, anxiety and stress

Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory.

SPAI

What it measures
Cognitive, somatic and behavioural dimensions of social phobia plus an agoraphobia subscale; yields a 'difference' score (social phobia minus agoraphobia)
Length and format
45 (32 social phobia + 13 agoraphobia). 7-point frequency (1-7, never to always); subscale and difference scores (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several languages incl. ES, PT, DE, ZH and others; child/adolescent adaptations
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Turner, S. M., Beidel, D. C., Dancu, C. V., & Stanley, M. A. (1989). An empirically derived inventory to measure social fears and anxiety: the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 1(1), 35-40.

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