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Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts Questionnaire (BAFT)

Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts Questionnaire (BAFT) Test

In 3 minutes, understand how strongly anxious thoughts and feelings feel believable and take over daily life. Fast, 16-item results support targeted therapy planning and progress tracking.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

25/42

Negative Evaluation (NE)

Measures how strongly a person fuses anxious feelings and thoughts with negative judgments about having those experiences.

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Moderate

High

6 – 17: Low | 18 – 29: Moderate | 30 – 42: High

A score of 25 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable tendency to evaluate anxious experiences negatively while not being consistently dominated by such judgments.

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13/35

Emotion Regulation (ER)

Measures how much a person becomes entangled with anxious emotions and efforts to control them, reflecting emotion regulation difficulty during anxiety.

Low

Moderate

High

5 – 14: Low | 15 – 24: Moderate | 25 – 35: High

A score of 13 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively little tendency to merge with anxious emotions or struggle to control them during anxiety.

example score

25/35

Somatic Problems (SP)

Measures how strongly a person merges anxious experiences with bodily sensations and becomes preoccupied with them.

Low

Moderate

High

5 – 14: Low | 15 – 24: Moderate | 25 – 35: High

A score of 25 falls in the High range, suggesting a strong tendency to interpret anxiety-related sensations as significant bodily issues and to become entangled in them.

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23/112

Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts (BoAFaT)

Measures how believable and significant a person finds their anxious thoughts and feelings, reflecting the degree of cognitive fusion with anxiety experiences.

Low believability

Moderate believability

High believability

16 – 47: Low believability | 48 – 79: Moderate believability | 80 – 112: High believability

A score of 23 falls in the Low believability range, suggesting anxious thoughts and feelings are generally experienced as less credible or compelling in everyday life.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People stuck in worry

41%OF USERS

They often feel pulled into anxious thoughts and sensations and want to see how strongly they treat them as true or urgent.

Clients in CBT therapy

34%OF USERS

They take it with their therapist to map how believable anxiety feels and track changes across sessions.

High-stress professionals

25%OF USERS

They notice anxiety interfering with focus and decisions at work and want a quick check of how much they buy into anxious feelings.

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Negative evaluation (Ne)

Average

22.6

Normal range

17.5 — 27.6

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Emotion Regulation (ER)

Average

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12 — 20

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Somatic Issues (SI)

Average

14.2

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8.9 — 19.5

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The Plausibility Scale of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts (TPSoAFaT)

Average

43.3

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29.7 — 56.8

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112

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how strongly anxious thoughts and bodily sensations are judged as believable and meaningful. Higher scores indicate greater tendency to treat anxiety experiences as accurate descriptions of reality.

Who is this questionnaire intended for?

It is intended for individuals experiencing anxiety-related thoughts and sensations. It may be used in clinical assessment and in treatment monitoring.

How is it completed and how long does it take?

Respondents rate 16 statements based on how true each feels to them. Completion typically takes about 3 minutes.

How are results used in therapy or assessment?

Results help identify the degree to which anxiety experiences guide attention, interpretation, and behavior. Repeated administrations can track change over time and support treatment planning.

Does a high score mean an anxiety disorder is present?

No; scores reflect the perceived credibility of anxious experiences, not a diagnosis. Diagnosis requires clinical evaluation and consideration of symptoms, impairment, and history.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Questionnaire on the Plausibility of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts, BAFT Test

Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts Questionnaire (BAFT) Test

cbt anxiety disorder

This self-report measure assesses the extent to which individuals treat anxious thoughts and feelings as accurate, important, and compelling, reflecting cognitive fusion processes relevant to anxiety. The Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts Questionnaire (BAFT) is designed to support clinical formulation by clarifying how strongly anxiety-related internal experiences are believed and followed in daily life.

The questionnaire contains 16 items and typically requires about 3 minutes to complete. Results may be used to inform treatment planning and to monitor change over time, particularly in cognitive-behavioral and related interventions where the impact of anxiety-related cognitions on behavior is a clinical focus. The Believability of Anxious Feelings and Thoughts Questionnaire (BAFT) is attributed here to psytests.org (2023).

Author: psytests.org (2023)

Literature: Herzberg, K. N., Sheppard, S. C., Forsyth, J. P., Crede, M., Earleywine, M., & Eifert, G. H. The believability of anxious feelings and thoughts questionnaire (BAFT): A psychometric evaluation of cognitive fusion in a nonclinical and highly anxious community sample. Psychological Assessment. 2012.

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