Abstract
The purpose of this study was to standardize two social anxiety scales, i. e. the Fear of Negative Evaluation scale (FNE) and the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS), for Japanese population, to validate them, and to investigate their reliabilities using 300 normal and 32 anthropophobic subjects. The results of psychometric examinations were as follows : (1) the Japanese version of FNE and SADS had high values of homogeneity, (2) they had sufficient factorial and clinical validity for discriminating clinical figures with social anxiety, (3) reliability coefficients of both scales by test-retest method were enough high as clinical in ventories, (4) both scales showed significantly high correlation coefficients with tne Manifest Anxiety Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. These results suggest that the Japanese version of FNE and SADS are enough for use in cli nical and research settings. The results of this study was discussed within the framework of social anxiety theories.
