Table 2 Reliability of the DS14 in Russian respondents: DS14, DS-Ex and DS14-RU

α = .78

α = .79

α = .80

2

I often make a fuss about unimportant things

.48

.47

.51

.77

.77

.79

4

I often feel unhappy

.51

.57

.60

.76

.75

.77

5

I am often irritated

.58

.46

.59

.74

.77

.77

7

I take a gloomy view of things

.48

.57

.52

.76

.76

.78

9

I am often in a bad mood

.52

.53

.58

.75

.76

.77

12

I often find myself worrying about something

.49

.48

.41

.76

.77

.80

13

I am often down in the dumps

.53

.62

.62

.75

.74

.76

α = .74

α = .79

α = .80

1

I make contact easily when I meet people

.50

.56

.45

.71

.77

.79

6

I often feel inhibited in social interactions

.41

.50

.58

.72

α = .77

.77

8

I find it hard to start a conversation

.55

.63

.60

.69

.75

.76

10

I am a closed kind of person

.57

.50

.57

.68

.77

.77

11

I would rather keep other people at a distance

.48

.50

.46

.71

.77

.79

14

When socializing, I don’t find the right things to talk about

.54

.47

.62

.69

.77

.76

3

I often talk to strangers ^a

.21

.36

–

.77

.79

–

15

I don’t like to have a lot of people around me ^a

–

.34

–

–

0.79

–

16

When I meet a lot of people, I get nervous^b

–

.56

.48

–

0.76

.79