Form: Objectified Body Consciousness Scale, OBC

Objectified Body Consciousness Scale, OBC
1 – Strongly disagree
2 – Disagree
3 – Rather disagree
4 – Neutral
5 – Rather agree
6 – Agree
7 – Strongly disagree
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I rarely think about how I look.
2
I think it is more important that my clothes are comfortable than whether they look good on me.
3
I think more about how my body feels than how my body looks.
4
I rarely compare how I look with how other people look.
5
During the day, I think about how I look many times.
6
I often worry about whether the clothes I am wearing make me look good.
7
I rarely worry about how I look to other people.
8
I am more concerned with what my body can do than how it looks.
9
When I can't control my weight, I feel like something must be wrong with me.
10
I feel ashamed of myself when I haven't made the effort to look my best.
11
I feel like I must be a bad person when I don't look as good as I could.
12
I would be ashamed for people to know what I really weigh.
13
I never worry that something is wrong with me when I am not exercising as much as I should.
14
When I'm not exercising enough, I question whether I am a good enough person.
15
Even when I can't control my weight, I think I'm an okay person.
16
When I'm not the size I think I should be, I feel ashamed.
17
I think a person is pretty much stuck with the looks they are born with.
18
A large part of being in shape is having that kind of body in the first place.
19
I think a person can look pretty much how they want to it they are willing to work at it.
20
I really don't think I have much control over how my body looks.
21
I think a person's weight is mostly determined by the genes they are born with.
22
It doesn't matter how hard I try to change my weight, it's probably always going to be about the same.
23
I can weigh what I'm supposed to when I try hard enough.
24
The shape you are in depends mostly on your genes.