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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Anxiety Disord. 2011 Feb 13;25(5):623–630. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.02.002

Table 1. Mean, Standard Deviation, and Range for the Straightforward and Original Totals of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation and Social Interaction Anxiety Scales.

Group (n) S-BFNE: M (SD), Range S-SIAS: M (SD), Range O-BFNE: M (SD), Range O-SIAS: M (SD), Range

Client Sample

All clients
(ns = 130-132)
32.09 (6.09), 14-40 43.93 (11.84), 6-68 49.26 (7.65), 27-60 53.12 (12.91), 11-77

Community Sample

18-59 years of age
(ns = 198-200)
17.92 (7.50), 8-40 16.30 (12.48), 0-58 32.57 (9.30), 14-60 21.75 (14.25), 0-66
60-98 years of age
(ns = 283-286).
13.90 (5.78), 8-36 11.29 (9.09), 0-56 28.54 (6.07), 12-56 16.80 (10.53), 0-58
18-30 years of age
(n = 57)
20.67 (7.76), 8-40 18.40 (11.46), 2-46 36.26 (9.99), 19-60 23.67 (13.66), 5-58
31-45 years of age
(n = 51; 50 for SIAS)
16.61 (6.67), 8-36 13.50 (10.51), 0-52 31.37 (7.70), 20-56 18.90 (12.09), 0-62
46-55 years of age
(n = 61; 60 for SIAS)
17.41 (7.46), 8-35 15.8 (12.55), 0-58 31.23 (9.40), 14-53 21.22 (14.19), 2-66
56-65 years of age
(n = 79; 78 for BFNE)
15.67 (6.95), 8-36 14.35 (12.51), 0-55 30.17 (8.11), 16-54 20.10 (14.34), 2-62
66-75 years of age
(n = 86; 85 for BFNE)
13.84 (5.73), 8-36 11.45 (9.75), 0-43 27.84 (6.86), 12-56 16.79 (11.30), 0-51
76-98 years of age
(ns = 151-154)
13.46 (5.44), 8-32 10.96 (8.81), 0-56 28.48 (4.81), 17-43 16.52 (10.01), 0-58

Northeast Student Sample

Multiracial
(n = 163)
19.42 (9.06), 8-36 15.30 (10.74), 0-55 35.11 (11.31), 19-56 20.85 (12.19), 0-62
Hispanic
(n = 107)
17.75 (5.99), 9-27 15.39 (11.01), 0-58 31.00 (6.00), 21-38 21.44 (12.35), 0-69
Asian American or PI
(n = 350)
21.44 (7.77), 8-33 21.07 (11.77), 1-59 36.32 (8.34), 19-52 27.19 (13.33), 1-70
African American
(n = 661)
17.25 (7.19), 8-36 14.08 (10.92), 0-66 32.35 (8.07), 16-56 12.26 (12.26), 0-78
White
(n = 1976)
20.55 (8.14), 8-40 16.54 (11.29), 0-68 35.76 (9.84), 12-60 21.91 (12.96), 0-77

Midwestern Student Sample

Multiracial
(n = 26)
21.85 (8.21), 8-40 23.50 (13.53) 1-53 36.73 (10.73), 20-60 28.88 (15.57), 1-58
Hispanic
(n = 21)
20.43 (9.36), 8-40 17.10 (11.25), 5-52 35.43 (12.00), 15-60 21.10 (11.91), 7-56
Asian American or PI
(n = 113)
22.89 (6.74), 10-40 22.38 (11.60), 2-55 38.84 (8.52), 19-60 28.05 (13.20), 2-64
African American
(n = 42)
22.33 (8.69), 9-40 19.98 (12.11), 3-51 37.38 (11.26), 16-60 26.33 (12.99), 6-63
White
(n = 498)
22.53 (7.58), 8-40 20.44 (11.68), 0-66 38.37 (9.79), 16-60 25.40 (13.62), 0-77

Note. S-BFNE = Straightforward Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation scale total; S-SIAS = Straightforward Social Interaction Anxiety Scale total; O-BFNE = Original Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation scale total; O-SIAS = Original Straightforward Social Interaction Anxiety Scale total; SIAS = Social Interaction Anxiety Scale; BFNE = Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale; PI = Pacific Islander. When more than two cells differ in n due to sporadic missing data, a range of ns is given.