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Self-Focused Attention Scale (SFAS)

Self-Focused Attention Scale (SFAS) Test

Understand how strongly you focus on your own thoughts and feelings in about 3 minutes. With 11 items, it offers a fast, reliable snapshot to guide care and track change over time.

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13/44

Self-Focused Attention (SA)

Measures the tendency to focus attention on one’s own thoughts, feelings, and internal experiences.

Low self-focus

Moderate self-focus

High self-focus

0 – 10: Low self-focus | 11 – 28: Moderate self-focus | 29 – 44: High self-focus

A score of 13 falls in the Moderate self-focus range, suggesting a generally balanced attention to internal experiences without pronounced self-preoccupation.

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Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxiety or low mood seekers

41%OF USERS

People who notice rumination, self-criticism, or anxiety/depressive symptoms and want to gauge how much their attention is stuck on themselves.

Therapy progress trackers

34%OF USERS

Clients in counseling who use a quick check-in between sessions to see whether self-focus is easing as treatment progresses.

Clinicians and researchers

25%OF USERS

Mental health professionals and study teams who need a brief measure to screen and monitor self-focused attention in groups or individuals.

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Self-Focus Attention Scale (SAS)

Average

21.2

Normal range

14.8 — 27.7

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What does this scale measure?

It measures the tendency to direct attention toward one’s own thoughts and feelings. Higher scores indicate more frequent self-focused attention.

How is self-focused attention related to mental health symptoms?

Elevated self-focus is commonly associated with increased rumination, negative self-evaluation, and emotional distress. It is often linked to anxiety and depressive symptoms.

How long does it take and what is the format?

Completion time is about 3 minutes. It includes 11 statements rated by agreement or disagreement.

How should items be answered?

Select the response that best reflects typical experience rather than a single recent event. Answer all items and avoid overthinking individual statements.

How are results used in practice or research?

Scores can support screening, case formulation, and monitoring change over time during treatment. Results should be interpreted alongside other clinical or research measures.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Self-Focused Attention Scale (SFAS) Test

self-awareness

This brief self-report measure assesses the degree to which an individual tends to direct attention toward internal thoughts, feelings, and self-evaluative processes. The Self-Focused Attention Scale (SFAS) is commonly used to characterize self-focused attentional style, which may be clinically relevant when considering symptoms of anxiety and depression.

It consists of 11 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Respondents rate their agreement with a set of statements, yielding an index of self-focused attention that may be used to support case formulation and track change over time.

In clinical and research contexts, the Self-Focused Attention Scale (SFAS) can be administered repeatedly to monitor shifts in attentional focus across treatment or other interventions. Results should be interpreted alongside other assessment data and the individual’s presenting concerns rather than as a stand-alone diagnostic indicator.

Author: charles-s-carver, michael-f-scheier

Literature: Ingram, R. E. Self-focused attention in clinical disorders: Review and a conceptual model. Psychological Bulletin. 1990.; Bögels, S. M., Alberts, M., & de Jong, P. J. Self-consciousness, self-focused attention, blushing propensity and fear of blushing. Personality and Individual Differences. 1996.

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