The Dutch Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale: Reliability, Validity, and Clinical Utility

Table 1

Demographic and diagnostic characteristics of the samples (clinical 𝑁=361; population 𝑁=354).

	Clinical		Population
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Gender
Men	164	44.6	164	46.3
Women	200	55.4	190	53.7
Age
18–25	117	32.4	93	26.3
26–45	180	49.9	144	40.7
>45	64	17.7	117	33.0
Diagnosis
Generalized social phobia	287	79.9
Comorbidity
Only social phobia	109
Comorbid mood disorder	97
Comorbid mood and anxiety disorders	66
Comorbid anxiety disorder	47
Comorbid somatoform disorder	10
Comorbid mood, anxiety, and/or; somatoform disorders	30