Psychometric properties of Lithuanian translation of the self-report version of the Liebowitz social anxiety scale in young adult sample (opens in new tab)

BackgroundSocial anxiety disorder starts in adolescence or young adulthood and may have damaging effects on psychosocial development of the individual. Any intervention starts from assessment and the Liebowitz social anxiety scale with later developed self-report version is a valuable tool for practitioners for almost four decades. Even though the original version and adaptations have consistently demonstrated good reliability, there remains considerable debate regarding the factor structure....