Youth Self-Esteem & Body Confidence Assessment
A detailed private Backing U self-assessment designed to help you reflect on young people's self-worth and body confidence, including comparison, appearance pressure and ability to value personal strengths beyond looks or popularity. It looks across feeling that I have worth even when I make mistakes, being able to notice strengths that are not about appearance or popularity, treating my body with basic respect even when I do not feel confident about it, being able to handle comparison without deciding I am not good enough and feeling comfortable enough to be myself around other people. The assessment contains 20 questions and is intended to give you a structured wellbeing snapshot, highlight the areas having the greatest effect, and provide practical recommendations for what to do next. It is not designed to diagnose a condition or replace an individual professional assessment.
The Youth Self-Esteem & Body Confidence Assessment is a Backing U educational wellbeing and self-reflection tool. It is not a validated diagnostic instrument, does not provide a clinical diagnosis and does not replace individual assessment or advice from a qualified professional. For young people, results should be interpreted in context and discussed with a trusted adult or qualified professional when concerns are significant. Scores are influenced by how questions are understood and by the timeframe selected. If several items are marked N/A, the total may be lower and should be interpreted cautiously; individual responses may be more informative than the total score. If difficulties are severe, rapidly worsening, affecting basic functioning or creating safety concerns, seek appropriate professional or urgent support. External resources are provided for further reading and support only. They are operated by independent Australian or UK organisations and their inclusion does not imply endorsement of this Backing U tool.
I have experienced feeling that I have worth even when I make mistakes.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Feeling that I have worth even when I make mistakes has been available to me even when things are difficult.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Feeling that I have worth even when I make mistakes has supported my choices, relationships or everyday functioning.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have been able to maintain feeling that I have worth even when I make mistakes with reasonable consistency.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have experienced being able to notice strengths that are not about appearance or popularity.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Being able to notice strengths that are not about appearance or popularity has been available to me even when things are difficult.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Being able to notice strengths that are not about appearance or popularity has supported my choices, relationships or everyday functioning.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have been able to maintain being able to notice strengths that are not about appearance or popularity with reasonable consistency.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have experienced treating my body with basic respect even when I do not feel confident about it.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Treating my body with basic respect even when I do not feel confident about it has been available to me even when things are difficult.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Treating my body with basic respect even when I do not feel confident about it has supported my choices, relationships or everyday functioning.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have been able to maintain treating my body with basic respect even when I do not feel confident about it with reasonable consistency.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have experienced being able to handle comparison without deciding I am not good enough.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Being able to handle comparison without deciding I am not good enough has been available to me even when things are difficult.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Being able to handle comparison without deciding I am not good enough has supported my choices, relationships or everyday functioning.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have been able to maintain being able to handle comparison without deciding I am not good enough with reasonable consistency.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have experienced feeling comfortable enough to be myself around other people.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Feeling comfortable enough to be myself around other people has been available to me even when things are difficult.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Feeling comfortable enough to be myself around other people has supported my choices, relationships or everyday functioning.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
I have been able to maintain feeling comfortable enough to be myself around other people with reasonable consistency.
Choose 0 if this has not applied and 10 if it has applied very strongly or almost all the time. There are no right or wrong answers. Use N/A only if the question genuinely does not fit your situation.
Recommended next steps, reading & support
Suggested Australian / UK reading and support resources (external sites): headspace – Anxiety in young people: https://headspace.org.au/explore-topics/for-young-people/anxiety/ | Kids Helpline – Anxiety: https://www.kidshelpline.com.au/teens/issues/anxiety | Kids Helpline – How to manage anxiety: https://kidshelpline.com.au/teens/issues/how-manage-anxiety | Lifeline – Support Toolkit: https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/support-toolkit. Young people can also contact Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 for free 24/7 support. These links are provided as independent educational and support resources; inclusion does not imply that the external organisation has reviewed or endorsed this Backing U assessment. Use your result as a starting point, review the questions that stand out most, choose realistic next steps, and seek professional support where difficulties are persistent, worsening or affecting safety or everyday functioning.
Keep or share a copy of your result
You can email a copy of this result to yourself. You can separately choose whether Backing U may receive an anonymous copy of your responses and result for quality improvement and research.
The Youth Self-Esteem & Body Confidence Assessment is a Backing U educational wellbeing and self-reflection tool. It is not a validated diagnostic instrument, does not provide a clinical diagnosis and does not replace individual assessment or advice from a qualified professional. For young people, results should be interpreted in context and discussed with a trusted adult or qualified professional when concerns are significant. Scores are influenced by how questions are understood and by the timeframe selected. If several items are marked N/A, the total may be lower and should be interpreted cautiously; individual responses may be more informative than the total score. If difficulties are severe, rapidly worsening, affecting basic functioning or creating safety concerns, seek appropriate professional or urgent support. External resources are provided for further reading and support only. They are operated by independent Australian or UK organisations and their inclusion does not imply endorsement of this Backing U tool.