Clinical validation of a non-heteronormative version of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite welcomed changes in societal attitudes and practices towards sexual minorities, instances of heteronormativity can still be found within healthcare and research. The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) is a valid and reliable self-rating scale of social anxiety, which includes one item (number 14) with an explicit heteronormative assumption about the respondent's sexual orientation. This heteronormative phrasing may confuse, insult or alienate sexual minority respondents. A clinically validated version of the SIAS featuring a non-heteronormative phrasing of item 14 is thus needed.

Methods

129 participants with diagnosed social anxiety disorder, enrolled in an Internet-based intervention trial, were randomly assigned to responding to the SIAS featurin

SUBMITTER: Lindner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878259 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature