Phobia Test

The Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) is a phobia test covering anxiety, avoidance, and physical discomfort in social situations. Completed in about 4 minutes, it helps you see the apparent severity of social anxiety and identify patterns that may support personal reflection about communication, attention, and everyday interactions.

Questions: 174 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Social Phobia Severity ScaleSPSS

Assesses the severity of social anxiety and avoidance in social situations.

example score41/68

41/68Clinical rangeexample score

0 – 30None to mild

31 – 40Subclinical

41 – 68Clinical range

A score of 41 falls in the clinical range, indicating pronounced social anxiety and avoidance that may be associated with noticeable physical symptoms and reduced social functioning.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People anxious in groups

41%OF USERS

They often feel intense fear in meetings, parties, or any situation where others might judge them.

Students and job seekers

34%OF USERS

They want to understand why presentations, interviews, or speaking up in class triggers strong anxiety and avoidance.

Clients in therapy intake

25%OF USERS

They take a quick screening to clarify whether their social fears look like a phobia and to guide next steps with a professional.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Social Phobia Level ScaleSPLS

You?

Average29.8

Typical rangeTypical17.3 – 42.3

Possible0 – 68

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Not at all
- Very rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Not at all
- Very rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- All the time
- Not at all
- Very rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always

These are 3 of the 17 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Phobia Test - Description and methodology of the test

social anxiety

People who feel tense, self-conscious, or avoidant around other people can use this phobia test to organize those experiences into a clearer profile. The assessment is intended for anyone seeking a structured look at social anxiety, including fears of criticism, embarrassment, attention, authority figures, and visible bodily reactions. As a phobia quiz, it indicates whether these patterns fall within a lower, subclinical, or clinical-range band.

What This Assessment Explores

These items examine anxiety and avoidance in evaluation, interaction, performance, and reactions. They cover strangers, authority figures, parties, public speaking, criticism, embarrassment, observation, blushing, sweating, shaking, and racing heart. As a What Phobia Do I Have Quiz, this assessment narrows the result to social fear rather than every possible phobia.

The item groups are:

Social interaction shows anxiety with strangers, authority figures, and gatherings.
Performance and evaluation show distress about speaking, attention, and embarrassment.
Bodily reactions and avoidance show arousal and restricted participation.

The Social Phobia Severity Scale (0-68) measures social anxiety and avoidance. Its bands are None to mild (0-30), Subclinical (31-40), and Clinical range (41-68). The catalogue treats 0-20 as no social phobia; 21-30 as understandable fears without marked autonomic symptoms or avoidance; 31-40 as subclinical; and above 41 as clinical, often with autonomic manifestations and impaired adjustment.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement is rated on five options from Not at all to Always. The items ask how often social fear, avoidance, criticism concerns, or physical arousal occurs. The total summarizes responses, and the displayed category is read against the catalogue’s bands. No separate weighting or item-level scoring rule is specified, so no additional formula should be inferred.

The closest published source is the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), a self-rating instrument evaluated by Connor and colleagues. Antony and colleagues reported further psychometric evaluation, while Liebowitz’s work supplies a compatible social-phobia framework focused on fear, avoidance, and physiological activation. This online questionnaire is conceptually consistent with those sources, but it should not be assumed to reproduce the published instrument’s norms, reliability, or validation status.

As a social anxiety quiz, it offers a focused snapshot rather than a complete account of functioning. Answers can shift with current stress, recent experiences, self-awareness, and response style. Interpret the result alongside the specific fears and avoidance it highlights, not as a diagnosis or substitute for broader assessment.

Author: Michael R. Liebowitz, Richard G. Heimberg

Literature:

Connor, K. M., Davidson, J. R. T., Churchill, L. E., Sherwood, A., Foa, E., & Weisler, R. H. (2000). Psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN): New self-rating scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 176(4), 379-386. 10.1192/bjp.176.4.379
Antony, M. M., Coons, M. J., McCabe, R. E., Ashbaugh, A., & Swinson, R. P. (2006). Psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory: Further evaluation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44(8), 1177-1185. 10.1016/j.brat.2005.08.013
Liebowitz, M. R. (1987). Social phobia. Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry, 22, 141-173. 10.1159/000414022

Updated: 2025-10-02