Body Image Questionnaire Test

This 16-question self-report assessment takes about 3 minutes. The Body Image Questionnaire Test explores satisfaction with appearance, including concerns about weight, shape, and specific features, helping you recognize patterns of self-criticism, discomfort, and comparison for more informed self-reflection.

Questions: 163 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Standard ScoresSS

This standard score indicates how much a person’s dissatisfaction with their appearance differs from normative levels, with higher scores reflecting greater dissatisfaction.

example score4/9

4/9Moderate dissatisfactionexample score

0 – 3Low dissatisfaction

4 – 6Moderate dissatisfaction

7 – 9High dissatisfaction

A score of 4 falls in the Moderate dissatisfaction range, suggesting a noticeable but not extreme level of body-image dissatisfaction relative to the normative sample.

Body SatisfactionBS

Measures how satisfied a person feels about their body, including weight, shape, specific body parts, and related thoughts and emotions.

example score34/48

34/48Elevated dissatisfactionexample score

0 – 12Low dissatisfaction

13 – 48Elevated dissatisfaction

A score of 34 falls in the Elevated dissatisfaction range, suggesting notable concerns about body appearance that may influence self-esteem and day-to-day behavior.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People with eating concerns

41%OF USERS

Individuals worried about overeating, restriction, bingeing, or weight changes use it to gauge how body dissatisfaction may be influencing their behavior.

Counseling and therapy clients

34%OF USERS

People in psychological counseling take it to pinpoint which body areas or appearance thoughts are causing the most distress and undermining self-esteem.

Research study participants

25%OF USERS

Participants in health or psychology studies complete it as a quick screening measure to identify levels of body image dissatisfaction in large groups.

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

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See How You Compare

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.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

in standard scoresiss

You?

Average2.7

Typical rangeTypical1.4 – 4.1

Possible0 – 9

Body SatisfactionBS

You?

Average17

Typical rangeTypical9.1 – 24.8

Possible0 – 48

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always

These are 3 of the 16 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Body Image Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test

body dysmorphic disorder

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Readers who want to examine how appearance-related thoughts shape daily comfort can use this assessment as a structured starting point. The Body Image Questionnaire Test focuses on personal experiences rather than judging attractiveness or prescribing an ideal appearance. As a body image test, it helps organize concerns about weight, shape, self-criticism, comparison, and social unease before the result is considered in context.

What This Assessment Explores

These themes make the body image questionnaire relevant for people who notice appearance discomfort, weight worry, self-criticism, or avoidance. It considers thoughts, emotions, and actions together.

The result is organized around these displayed scales and question themes:

Standard Scores (0-9) compare body-satisfaction results with normative values: Low dissatisfaction is 0-3, Moderate dissatisfaction is 4-6, and High dissatisfaction is 7-9; higher scores mean greater dissatisfaction relative to that sample.
Body Satisfaction (0-48) covers weight, shape, specific body parts, emotions, and beliefs: Low dissatisfaction is 0-12, while Elevated dissatisfaction is 13-48. Its evaluative component combines cognitive, emotional, and behavioral attitudes toward appearance, and higher values may signal pronounced dissatisfaction affecting self-esteem, behavior, or relationships.
Question themes include appearance-related self-criticism, shame, comparison, and avoidance, which show how body concerns may influence confidence, social comfort, and everyday activity.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Statements describe appearance-related experiences through four frequency choices: Never, Sometimes, Often, and Always. Some choices carry numbers 1-4, but the questionnaire reports the two displayed scales while the item-to-scale conversion rule is not documented.

As a body satisfaction questionnaire, it combines self-report items into two summary outcomes: one compares the result with normative values, and the other represents dissatisfaction in the answers. Normative comparison does not by itself establish independent standardization of the online version.

A 2006 study by Skugarevsky and Sivukha describes a closely related body-image measure covering body evaluation, shame, weight concern, and appearance-related behavior. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work, but is not presented as a direct adaptation of it. Together, mirror reactions, clothing, social exposure, comparisons, guilt, and weight worry connect cognitive and emotional evaluations with appearance-related behavior in everyday situations.

Interpretation is sensitive to self-awareness, response bias, current mood, recent comments, clothing, and social setting. The result supports self-reflection, not diagnosis, and is best considered alongside broader personal experience.

Author: J. Kevin Thompson, Thomas F. Cash

Literature:

Skugarevskii, O. A., & Sivukha, S. V. (2006). Body Image: Developing an Assessment Tool. Psychological Journal (Belarus), 2(10), 40-48. (In Russian).
Skugarevsky, O. A. (2007). Eating Disorders. Minsk: Belarusian State Medical University. ISBN 978-985-462-756-4. (In Russian).
Thompson, J. Kevin, & Schaefer, Lauren M. (2019). Thomas F. Cash: A multidimensional innovator in the measurement of body image; Some lessons learned and some lessons for the future of the field. Body Image, 31, 198-203. 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.08.006

Updated: 2025-10-02