Table 2.
Fat Phobia Scale (single items and scale): differences according to gender and SES in the vignette (mean values, SD)
| Pair of adjectives | Gender | SES | ||||
| Female (n=337–348) |
Male (n=306–316) |
P value* | Low janitor/cleaner (n=317–327) |
High lawyer (n=326–337) |
P value* | |
| Industrious–lazy† | 2.55 (0.92) | 2.83 (0.81) | <0.001 | 2.68 (0.87) | 2.69 (0.89) | 0.667 |
| Has willpower–no willpower† | 3.28 (0.97) | 3.21 (1.04) | 0.602 | 3.48 (0.98) | 3.03 (0.97) | <0.001 |
| Attractive–unattractive† | 3.33 (1.00) | 3.42 (0.94) | 0.160 | 3.43 (1.05) | 3.32 (0.90) | 0.149 |
| Good self-control–poor self-control† | 3.10 (1.03) | 3.17 (0.98) | 0.440 | 3.30 (0.99) | 2.97 (1.00) | <0.001 |
| Fast–slow† | 3.25 (1.01) | 3.47 (0.99) | 0.002 | 3.32 (1.06) | 3.39 (0.96) | 0.592 |
| Having endurance–having no endurance† | 3.41 (1.13) | 3.37 (1.04) | 0.297 | 3.39 (1.10) | 3.40 (1.07) | 0.688 |
| Active–inactive† | 3.36 (0.98) | 3.38 (1.06) | 0.328 | 3.38 (1.06) | 3.35 (0.97) | 0.650 |
| Strong–weak† | 3.15 (0.99) | 3.18 (1.02) | 0.914 | 3.33 (1.03) | 3.01 (0.94) | <0.001 |
| Self-sacrificing–self-indulgent† | 3.19 (0.91) | 3.41 (0.86) | <0.001 | 3.32 (0.90) | 3.28 (0.89) | 0.375 |
| Dislikes food–likes food | 4.05 (0.88) | 4.15 (0.90) | 0.093 | 4.08 (0.90) | 4.12 (0.88) | 0.584 |
| Shapely–shapeless† | 3.41 (1.15) | 3.21 (1.17) | 0.098 | 3.40 (1.16) | 3.31 (1.17) | 0.753 |
| Undereats–overeats† | 3.87 (0.91) | 3.95 (0.90) | 0.306 | 3.91 (0.93) | 3.90 (0.89) | 0.883 |
| Secure–insecure† | 3.01 (1.06) | 2.81 (1.03) | 0.027 | 3.24 (1.02) | 2.61 (0.98) | <0.001 |
| High self-esteem–low self-esteem† | 3.10 (1.05) | 2.83 (1.05) | <0.001 | 3.28 (1.00) | 2.67 (1.02) | <0.001 |
| Fat Phobia Scale† | 3.31 (0.48) | 3.32 (0.50) | 0.995 | 3.40 (0.51) | 3.22 (0.46) | <0.001 |
*Mann-Whitney U test
†Semantic differential scales and mean FPS ranging from 1 to 5, values >2.50 indicate fat phobia.
SES, socioeconomic status.