Objective Body Consciousness Scale, OBC Test - the question form

1. I rarely think about how I look.

2. I think it is more important that my clothing is comfortable than that it looks good on me.

3. I think more about how my body feels than about how it looks.

4. I rarely compare the way I look with the way other people look.

5. During the day, I think about how I look many times.

6. I often worry about whether I look good in my clothes.

7. I rarely worry about how I look to other people.

8. I am more concerned with what my body can do than with how it looks.

9. When I cannot control my weight, I feel as though something is wrong with me.

10. I feel ashamed of myself if I have not made my best effort to look my best.

11. I feel like a bad person when I do not look as good as I could.

12. I would feel ashamed if people knew my actual weight.

13. I never worry that something is wrong with me when I do not exercise enough.

14. When I do not exercise enough, I question whether I am a good enough person.

15. Even if I cannot control my weight, I still consider myself a worthwhile person.

16. I feel ashamed if I am not the size I should be.

17. I think a person is largely stuck with the physical appearance they were born with.

18. To a large extent, being in shape is something you are born with.

19. I believe a person can look however they want if they are willing to work on it.

20. I really do not think I can control my body's appearance to any great extent.

21. I think a person’s weight is largely determined by genetics.

22. No matter how hard I try to change my weight, it will probably always stay about the same.

23. I can weigh what I should if I try hard enough.

24. Your body shape is mostly determined by your genes.