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Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) Test

Understand how attuned you are to everyday body rhythms and subtle shifts in 4 minutes. Fast 18-item score supports clinical and research use with a clear, non-dramatic focus.

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Questions: 184 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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42/126

Body Awareness (BA)

Measures how well a person notices and interprets everyday bodily signals, sensations, and internal states.

Low awareness

Moderate awareness

High awareness

18 – 53: Low awareness | 54 – 89: Moderate awareness | 90 – 126: High awareness

A score of 42 falls in the Low awareness range, suggesting you may notice bodily rhythms and subtle physical changes less consistently in day-to-day life.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Mindfulness and yoga practitioners

41%OF USERS

People building body-mind skills who want a quick check of how well they notice everyday bodily rhythms and subtle shifts.

Chronic pain and rehab clients

33%OF USERS

People dealing with ongoing discomfort who want to track sensations more clearly and spot changes before they flare up.

Clinicians and psychology students

26%OF USERS

Professionals and trainees who use the results to understand a client’s baseline body awareness without focusing on emotions.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Body Awareness Scale (BAS)

Average

66.4

Normal range

52.6 — 80.1

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max.

126

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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- Neither true nor untrue
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- True for me
- Completely true for me
- Very untrue for me
- Not true for me
- Somewhat untrue for me
- Neither true nor false
- Somewhat true for me
- True for me
- Very true for me
- Completely untrue of me
- Not true of me
- Somewhat untrue of me
- Neither true nor false
- Somewhat true of me
- True of me
- Completely true of me

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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awareness

This self-report measure is used to characterize everyday attention to internal bodily sensations and routine physiological changes. The Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) assesses perceived sensitivity to normal bodily processes (e.g., rhythms, minor fluctuations, and anticipatory awareness of bodily responses) in a nonpathologizing manner.

Developed by Barbara A. Bunde, it consists of 18 items and typically requires about 4 minutes to complete. The Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) may be used in clinical and research settings to support assessment of interoceptive attention and to inform case conceptualization and treatment planning where monitoring of bodily cues is clinically relevant.

Author: Barbara A. Bunde, Robert J. Sternberg

Literature: Meier, B. P., & Robinson, M. D. Why the sunny side is up: Associations between affect and vertical position. Psychological Science. 2004.; Shields, S. A., Mallory, M. E., & Simon, A. The Body Awareness Questionnaire: Reliability and validity. Journal of Personality Assessment. 1989.