THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE COMPARISON SCALE (PACS)

 Using the following scale please select a number that comes closest to how you feel:  

1. At parties or other social events, I compare my physical            

      appearance to the physical appearance of others.                             1          2          3          4          5

2.  The best way for a person to know if they are overweight or 

      underweight is to compare their figure to the figure of others.            1          2          3          4          5

3. At parties or other social events, I compare how I am          

      dressed to how other people are dressed.                                        1          2          3          4          5

*4. Comparing your "looks" to the "looks" of others is a bad           

        way to determine if you are attractive or unattractive.                      1          2          3          4          5

5.  In social situations, I sometimes compare my figure to                                    

      the figures of other people.                                                                1          2          3          4          5

 * Reverse-scored