Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Autistic Adults (BAS-2A)

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Chapter 17 - Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Autistic Adults (BAS-2A)

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2025

Phaedra Longhurst ,

Jennifer Todd ,

Jane E. Aspell and

Viren Swami

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Virginia Ramseyer Winter ,

Tracy L. Tylka and

Antoinette M. Landor

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Virginia Ramseyer Winter: Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Tracy L. Tylka: Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Antoinette M. Landor: Affiliation:
University of Missouri

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The 12-item Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Autistic Adults (BAS-2A; Longhurst et al., 2024) is a contemporary measure of positive body image that captures body appreciation as holding a positive view towards the aesthetic and sensory body and its unique characteristics and needs, resisting harmful societal messages regarding appearance, and caring for the sensory body. The BAS-2A can be administered online or in-person to autistic adults without a co-occurring intellectual/learning disability and is free to use in any setting. This chapter discusses the development of the BAS-2A using community involvement before providing its psychometric evidence. More specifically, the BAS-2A has been found to have a single-factor structure within exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and is fully invariant across time (i.e., baseline, after 3 weeks), gender identities (i.e., women, men) and autistic status (i.e., formally diagnosed, in the process of receiving a diagnosis). Internal consistency reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and incremental validity support the use of the BAS-2A. Next, this chapter provides the BAS-2A items in their entirety, instructions for administering the BAS-2A to participants, the item response scale, and the scoring procedure. Logistics of use, such as permissions, copyright, and contact information, are provided for readers.

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Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Autistic adults BAS-2A items body appreciation positive body image scale development psychometric evidence factor structure reliability validity administration scoring

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Information: Handbook of Body Image-Related Measures , pp. 49 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009398275.018 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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