Research Article

The Relationship between Symptoms and Social Functioning over the Course of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

Table 2

Pretreatment and posttreatment rating scale scores, mean (SD) ().

Pre-treatmentPost-treatment

SCL-90-R depression1.36 (0.82)0.97 (0.77)<0.01
BFNE35.5 (10.1)27.7 (9.81)<0.01
LSAS
 Total75.5 (22.8)55.8 (26.0)<0.01
 Social interaction38.8 (16.2)29.6 (15.0)<0.01
 Public speaking21.3 (5.9)15.6 (6.7)<0.01
 Observation by others11.2 (6.0)7.6 (5.1)<0.01
 Eating and drinking in public4.2 (3.3)3.0 (2.9)<0.01
WHLS
 Work5.2 (2.1)3.6 (2.0)<0.01
 Home management2.3 (2.0)1.4 (1.6)<0.01
 Social leisure activities4.8 (2.2)3.2 (2.2)<0.01
 Private leisure activities1.6 (2.0)1.2 (1.7)<0.05

values were calculated using statistic. SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist-90 Revised; BFNE: Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale; LSAS: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; WHLS: Work, Home Management, Social and Private Leisure Activities Scale.