Table 1 Descriptive statistics for BAS-2 10 items (N = 386)
Overall | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | M | M | |
1. I respect my body | 3.53 | .94 | − .32 | − .19 | 3.52 | 3.55 |
2. I feel good about my body | 3.04 | .99 | − .13 | − .38 | 3.12 | 2.95 |
3. I feel that my body has at least some good qualities | 3.60 | 1.02 | − .43 | − .30 | 3.65 | 3.54 |
4. I take a positive attitude toward my body | 3.21 | 1.06 | − .18 | − .54 | 3.30 | 3.09 |
5. I am attentive to my body’s needs | 3.41 | .95 | − .18 | − .33 | 3.44 | 3.38 |
6. I feel love for my body | 2.93 | 1.13 | .03 | − .72 | 3.05 | 2.78 |
7. I appreciate the different and unique characteristics of my body | 3.07 | 1.12 | − .07 | − .73 | 3.14 | 2.98 |
8. My behaviour reveals my positive attitude toward my body | 3.02 | 1.09 | − .01 | − .68 | 3.13 | 2.89 |
9. I am comfortable in my body | 3.18 | 1.13 | − .23 | − .70 | 3.33 | 2.99 |
10. I feel like I am beautiful even if I am different from media images of attractive people | 3.05 | 1.20 | − .06 | − .85 | 3.13 | 2.95 |