Objectified Body Consciousness ScaleAbout: This scale is a self-report measure of body consciousness. The OBCS has three subscales; Body Surveillance – A measure of defining the body by how it looks, as opposed to how it feels. Body Shame - A measure of whether someone believes they are a bad person because they do not meet the cultural standard for what a body should look like. Appearance Control Beliefs – A measure of whether or not a person believes they can control their own appearance, or if it is controlled by other things. Items: 24 Reliability: Internal consistency for the OBCS = (Cronbach’s α=0.75) Validity: There were significant correlations between the OBCS body shame scale and sedentary individuals with disordered eating, and also physically active individuals (Greenleaf & McGreer, 2006). There was also a positive correlation between the body shame scale and two sub-scales of the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3 (Internalization-General Scale (r = .66) and the Internalization-Athletic Scale (r = .21)). Scoring: Strongly Disagree Somewhat Neither Somewhat Agree Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree nor Agree Agree Disagree Questions 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12, 14, 16, 19, 23 Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24 R. . McGreer. Disordered eating attitudes and self- objectification among physically active and sedentary female college students. The total score ranges from 24- 168.. after reverse coding as described above. 140. The objectified body consciousness scale: Development and validation. 181-215. & Hyde. S. (2006). Psychology of Women Quarterly. N. (1996).. with a higher score indicating a higher body consciousness References: Greenleaf C. 20. 187-198 McKinley. M.The total score is calculated by finding the sum of the 21 items.The Journal of Psychology. J. 9. 1 = Strongly Disagree 2 = Disagree 3 = Somewhat Disagree 4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree 5 = Somewhat Agree 6 = Agree 7 = Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Somewhat Neither Somewhat Agree Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree nor Agree Agree Disagree 1. I am more concerned 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 with what my body can do than how it looks. 2. I often worry about 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 whether the clothes I am wearing make me look good. 11. When I can’t control my 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 weight. I rarely compare how I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 look with how other people look. I feel ashamed of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 myself when I haven’t made the effort to look my best. I think more about how 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 my body feels than how my body looks. I think 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 about how I look many times. 8. 5. . 10. Objectified Body Consciousness Scale For each item. I feel like I must be a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 bad person when I don’t look as good as I could. I think it is more 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 important that my clothes are comfortable than whether they look good on me. 3. I rarely think about how 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I look. I rarely worry about 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 how I look to other people. please circle the answer that best characterizes your attitudes or behaviors. 6. I feel like something must be wrong with me. During the day. 7. 4. 17. It doesn’t matter how 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 hard I try to change my weight. When I’m not the size I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 think I should be. 19. 21. The shape you are in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 depends mostly on your genes. I can weight what I’m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 supposed to when I try hard enough. I think I’m an okay person. 22. I think a person’s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 weight is mostly determined by the genes they are born with. I think a person is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 pretty much stuck with the looks they are born with. I never worry that 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 something is wrong with me when I am not exercising as much as I should. 23. 14. Strongly Disagree Somewhat Neither Somewhat Agree Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree nor Agree Agree Disagree 12. I feel ashamed. I would be ashamed for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 people to know what I really weigh. 16. it’s probably always going to be about the same. 15. 24. When I’m not 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 exercising enough. I question whether I am a good enough person. 13. 18. A large part of being in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 shape is having that kind of body in the first place. . I think a person can 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 look pretty much how they want to if they are willing to work at it. 20. Even when I can’t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 control my weight. I really don’t think I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 have much control over how my body looks.
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