Suitability of the <i>DSM</i>-5 social anxiety disorder severity scale for autistic adults.

ABSTRACT: In autistic adults, measurement tools may not adequately differentiate between autistic characteristics and features of anxiety. This may be particularly evident in the case of social anxiety disorder; however, few measures of social anxiety disorder have been validated for autistic adults. Instead, assessments are often made using measures designed and validated for non-autistic adults. To address this, we examined the suitability of the self-report Severity Measure for Social Anxiety Disorder in 284 autistic adults. We evaluated its psychometric properties, explored a rescored version that aimed to account for autistic differences in reporting and conducted content analysis on qualitative feedback from autistic participants. Confirmatory Factor Analysis did not confirm the unidimensional

SUBMITTER: Brett SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894854 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature