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Measurement validation procedures including, reliability, validity, and factor analysis, were utilized to examine the proposed questionnaire. Results indicated that the SONAS scale demonstrated good psychometric properties, including a sound two-factor structure (i.e., performance thoughts and interaction thoughts) as expected, good internal consistency for each subscale and the total scale, moderate to strong correlations with similar constructs (e.g., the NASSQ, the social threat subscale of the CATS), and weak correlations with differing constructs (e.g., the hostility subscale of the CATS). The newly developed instrument also demonstrated good concurrent validity, predicting the amount of social anxiety present as measured by two different scales (i.e., a brief social anxiety questionnaire and the SPAI-C). 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