FIS
Fear of Intimacy Scale (FIS)
The Fear of Intimacy Scale (FIS) is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure the discomfort, avoidance, and anxiety associated with emotional closeness in significant relationships. It explores the difficulty of sharing one's thoughts, emotions, and vulnerabilities with a close person, particularly in an intimate relationship. This tool is useful for assessing interpersonal difficulties, insecure attachment styles, emotional avoidance, and certain couple issues. The FIS does not make a diagnosis on its own, but provides a relevant indicator of the level of fear of intimacy and of emotional openness.
- Number of questions
- 35 questions
- Estimated duration
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Fear of Intimacy Scale
- Target audience
- Adolescents and adults
- Authors
- Cheryl J. Descutner, Deborah J. Thelen (1991)
- Category
- Couple issues
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is rated on a Likert-type scale, generally from 1 to 5. The total score is obtained by summing or averaging the responses after reversing the items worded in the direction of relational ease, depending on the version used. A high score indicates greater fear of intimacy, with more emotional avoidance and more difficulty with self-disclosure in a close relationship. Interpretation is dimensional, as there is no universal diagnostic cutoff.
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