Social Anxiety Self-Assessment
Explores feelings of social discomfort and tendencies to avoid or withdraw from social situations.
What this assessment explores
Social anxiety isn't just shyness – it can be the dread that builds before you walk into a room, the discomfort that sits with you throughout, or the way certain social situations feel like something to get through rather than enjoy. This assessment explores two closely related aspects of social anxiety: how much distress you experience in social situations, and how much you tend to avoid them. It's built on the SADS, a validated measure focused on the emotional and behavioural dimensions of social anxiety.
See the original scaleWhat you can expect
There are 28 questions in a true/false format – straightforward to answer, but clinically well-validated.
The questions touch on things like:
- Social distress – feelings of tension, discomfort, or anxiety during social interactions
- Social avoidance – the desire to escape social situations, or actively steering clear of them
Your responses give you a clearer picture of how social anxiety is showing up for you – and whether distress, avoidance, or both are most present.
Why this is free and private
Insightable Mind is built by clinical and research psychologists to help people better understand themselves, while contributing to meaningful psychological research. These assessments are offered free as part of that work. Your responses are private – when data is used for research, it's fully anonymised and combined with others to help improve the assessments and answer important questions about human psychology.
Top tips
Our best advice to help you get the most out of your self-assessment:
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