Table 1 Means and standard deviations of items and variables

Social physique anxiety

29

2.8

SPAA1

I wish I wasn’t so up-tight about my physique or figure

3.4

1.1

SPAA2

There are times when I am bothered by thoughts that other people are evaluating my weight or muscular development negatively

3.5

1.2

SPAA3

Unattractive features of my physique or figure make me nervous in certain social settings

4

0.98

SPAA4

In the presence of others‚ I feel apprehensive about my physique or figure

3

1.3

SPAA5

I am comfortable with how fit my body appears to others

3.5

0.88

SPAA6

It would make me uncomfortable to know others were evaluating my physique or figure

3.8

0.66

SPAA7

When it comes to displaying my physique or figure to others‚ I am a shy person

4

0.55

SPAA8

I usually feel relaxed when it’s obvious that others are looking at my physique or figure

4.1

0.65

SPAA9

When in a bathing suit‚ I often feel nervous about how well-proportioned my body is

3.9

0.54

Body compassion scale

 Diffusion

31.23

3.23

DF1

When I feel frustrated with my body’s inability to do something, I tend to feel separate and cut off from other people

3.2

0.77

DF2

When I think about my body’s inadequacies, it tends to make me feel more separate and cut off from other people

3.4

0.73

DF3

When I fail at some form of physical activity that is important to me, I tend to feel alone in my failure

4

0.83

DF4

When my body fails at something important to me, I become consumed by feelings of inadequacy

2.9

0.97

DF5

When my body is not responding the way I want it to, I tend to be tough on myself

3.6

1.3

DF6

When I wish some aspect of my body looked different, it feels like no one else understands my struggle

4.1

0.87

DF7

When I have physical symptoms, illness, or injury, it tends to make me feel more separate and cut off from other people

3

0.1.2

DF8

When I notice aspects of my body that I do not like, I get down on myself

3.7

0.98

DF9

When I am feeling physically uncomfortable, I tend to obsess and fixate on everything that is wrong

3.7

1.2

 Common humanity

29.87

3.87

CH1

When I am frustrated with some aspect of my appearance, I try to remind myself most people feel this way at some time

3

1.8

CH2

When I doubt my ability to do a new physical activity, I try to remind myself that most people also feel this way at some point

4

0.74

CH3

When I feel out of shape, I try to remind myself that most people feel this way at some point

3.8

0.91

CH4

I try to see my body’s failings as something everyone experiences in one way or another

4

0.74

CH5

When I am injured, ill, or have physical symptoms, I remind myself that there are lots of other people in the world feeling like me

4.1

0.55

CH6

When I feel frustrated with my body’s inability to do something, I try to remind myself that most people in my condition feel this way at some point

4.2

0.69

CH7

When I feel my body is inadequate in some way, I try to remind myself that feelings of inadequacy are shared by most people

4

0.54

CH8

When I am at my lowest during times of physical symptoms, illness, or injury, I know I am not alone in feeling this way

4

1

CH9

When I am concerned if people would consider me good-looking, I remind myself that most everyone has the same concern

4

1

 Acceptance

19.12

3.9

AC1

I am accepting of my looks just the way they are

3.1

1.6

AC2

I am accepting of the way I look without my clothes on

3.3

0.67

AC3

I feel okay in my body

3

0.79

AC4

I am tolerant of my body’s flaws and inadequacies

3.6

1.5

AC5

I am tolerant of the way my clothes fit me

3

1.92

Physical appearance perfectionism scale (worry about imperfection)

21.23

2.9

WI1

I am not satisfied with my appearance

2.5

2.1

WI2

I am never happy with my appearance no matter how I dress

2.9

2.4

WI3

I worry that my appearance is not good enough

3.1

1.8

WI4

I wish I could completely change my appearance

2.5

1.9

WI5

My appearance is far from my expectations

3.4

1.1

WI6

I worry about others’ being critical of my appearance

3.5

1.4

WI7

I often think about shortcomings of my appearance

3.6

1.9