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-treatment
Post-treatment
SCL-90-R depression
1.36 (0.82)
0.97 (0.77)
<0.01
BFNE
35.5 (10.1)
27.7 (9.81)
<0.01
LSAS
Total
75.5 (22.8)
55.8 (26.0)
<0.01
Social interaction
38.8 (16.2)
29.6 (15.0)
<0.01
Public speaking
21.3 (5.9)
15.6 (6.7)
<0.01
Observation by others
11.2 (6.0)
7.6 (5.1)
<0.01
Eating and drinking in public
4.2 (3.3)
3.0 (2.9)
<0.01
WHLS
Work
5.2 (2.1)
3.6 (2.0)
<0.01
Home management
2.3 (2.0)
1.4 (1.6)
<0.01
Social leisure activities
4.8 (2.2)
3.2 (2.2)
<0.01
Private leisure activities
1.6 (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.