Dating Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (Glickman & La Greca, 2004)

• Populations: Adolescents
• Age ranges: 15-18
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

Subscales:

• Fear of Negative Evaluation - Dating
• Social Distress - Dating
• Social Distress - Group

Fear of Negative Evaluation–Dating

• I am afraid that the person I am dating will find fault with me.
• I am usually worried about what kind of impression I make while on a date.
• I often worry that the person I have a crush on won’t think very much of me.
• I often worry about what kind of impression I am making on members of the opposite sex.
• I think I am too concerned with what members of the opposite sex think of me.
• I am frequently afraid that the person I have a crush on will notice my flaws.
• I worry that I may not be attractive to people of the opposite sex.
• I am concerned when I think that a date is forming a negative impression of me.
• I worry about what my date will think of me even when I know it doesn’t make any difference.
• I am often afraid that I may look silly or foolish while on a date.

Social Distress–Dating

• I often feel nervous when talking to an attractive member of the opposite sex.
• I am usually nervous going on a date with someone for the first time.
• It is difficult for me to relax when I am with a member of the opposite sex who I do not know very well.
• I feel tense when I’m on a date with someone I don’t know very well.
• I feel nervous in dating situations. 
• I become tense and jittery when I feel that someone of the opposite sex is checking me out.
• I am more shy with someone of the opposite sex.

Social Distress–Group

• It takes me a long time to feel comfortable when I am in a group of both males and females.
• I tend to be quieter than usual when I’m with a group of both males and females.
• I often feel nervous or tense in casual get-togethers in which both guys and girls are present.
• Parties make me anxious and uncomfortable

Responses:

Each item was rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all characteristic of me) to 5 (extremely characteristic of me).

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

Alissa R. Glickman & Annette M. La Greca (2004) The Dating Anxiety Scale for Adolescents: Scale Development and Associations With Adolescent Functioning, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33:3, 566-578, DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3303_14