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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosoc Oncol. 2024 Jun 19;43(2):157–172. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2024.2367696

Table 4.

Items in BAS-2.

Items in BAS-2 (n = 109) M ± SD

  1. I respect my body. 4.82 ± 0.48
  2. I feel good about my body. 4.02 ± 1.00
  3. I feel that my body has at least some good qualities. 4.47 ± 0.75
  4. I have a positive attitude toward my body. 4.39 ± 0.86
  5. I am attentive to my body’s needs. 4.56 ± 0.76
  6. I feel love for my body. 4.55 ± 0.90
  7. I appreciate the different and unique characteristics of my body. 4.37 ± 0.96
  8. My behavior reveals my positive attitude toward my body; for example, I walk holding my head high and smiling. 4.66 ± 0.66
  9. I am comfortable in my body. 4.28 ± 0.96
10. I feel like I am beautiful even if I am different from media images of attractive people (e.g. models, actresses/actors). 4.29 ± 0.98