Item |
N |
Percentage |
| Antifat Attitudes Scale |
|
|
| I don't really like fat people much. |
4 |
4% |
| I don't have any friends that are fat. |
18 |
18% |
| I tend to think that people who are overweight are a little untrustworthy. |
4 |
4% |
| Although some fat people are surely smart, in general, I think they tend not to be quite as bright as normal weight people. |
6 |
6% |
| I have a hard time taking fat people too seriously. |
4 |
4% |
| Fat people make me somewhat uncomfortable. |
10 |
10% |
| If I were an employer looking to hire, I might avoid hiring a fat person. |
21 |
20% |
| I feel disgusted with myself when I gain weight. |
51 |
50% |
| One of the worst things that could happen to me would be if I gained 25 pounds. |
54 |
53% |
| I worry about becoming fat. |
52 |
51% |
| People who weight too much could lose at least some part of their weight through a little exercise. |
70 |
69% |
| Some people are fat only because they have no willpower. |
36 |
35% |
| Fat people tend to be fat pretty much through their own fault. |
17 |
17% |
| ATOP Scale |
|
|
| Obese people are as happy as non-obese people. |
23 |
23% |
| Most obese people feel they are not as good as other people. |
31 |
31% |
| Most obese people are more self-conscious than other people. |
56 |
55% |
| Obese workers cannot be as successful as other workers. |
36 |
39% |
| Most non-obese people would not want to marry anyone who is obese. |
36 |
39% |
| Severely obese people are usually untidy. |
23 |
23% |
| Obese people are usually sociable. |
25 |
25% |
| Most obese people are not dissatisfied with themselves. |
5 |
5% |
| Obese people are just as self-confident as other people. |
10 |
10% |
| Most people feel uncomfortable when they associate with obese people. |
5 |
5% |
| Obese people are often less aggressive than non-obese people. |
10 |
10% |
| Most obese people have different personalities than non-obese people. |
5 |
5% |
| Very few obese people are ashamed of their weight. |
11 |
11% |
| Most obese people resent normal weight people. |
18 |
18% |
| Obese people are more emotional than non-obese people. |
10 |
10% |
| Obese people should not expect to live normal lives. |
11 |
11% |
| Obese people are just as healthy as non-obese people. |
6 |
6% |
| Obese people are just as sexually attractive as non-obese people. |
8 |
8% |
| Obese people tend to have family problems. |
2 |
2% |
| One of the worst things that could happen to a person would be for him to become obese. |
22 |
22% |
