ScalSocial Phobia Weekly Summary Scale [SPWSS]

Description

The Social Phobia Weekly Summary Scale (SPWSS) is a brief 6-item self-report measure designed to monitor key symptoms of social anxiety over the previous week. It assesses symptom severity, avoidance, attentional focus, anticipatory worry, and post-event rumination.

Purpose

The SPWSS is intended to provide a concise picture of changes in social anxiety symptoms over time. It can be particularly useful for monitoring symptom progression and evaluating response to psychological or therapeutic interventions.

Dimensions

The questionnaire evaluates several clinically relevant aspects of social anxiety, including severity and functional interference, avoidance of difficult social situations, self-focused versus externally focused attention, pre-event anticipatory worry, and post-event rumination.

Scoring

Each item is rated on a 0–8 numerical scale. Higher ratings generally indicate greater symptom severity, avoidance, self-focused attention, anticipatory processing, or post-event rumination, depending on the specific item.

Applications

The SPWSS can be used in clinical practice and psychological research, particularly for repeated assessment of social anxiety symptoms and for examining changes during treatment or intervention programs.

Reference

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