Results per group (students, teachers and standardised patients (SP)) for the Anti-Fat Attitudes Test (AFAT).
|
Item AFAT
(1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree) | Group | M | SD | Significance |
| There is no excuse for being fat | Students | 2.10 | ±0.86 | χ2=3.37; df=2; p>0.05 |
| Teachers | 1.86 | ±0.74 | ||
| SP | 1.81 | ±0.51 | ||
| If fat people really wanted to lose weight, they could | Students | 2.99 | ±0.93 | χ2=20.76; df=2; p<0.01** |
| Teachers | 2.62 | ±0.98 | ||
| SP | 2.14 | ±0.48 | ||
| Fat people do not necessarily eat more than other people (recoded) | Students | 2.14 | ±1.05 | χ2=6.20; df=2; p<0.05* |
| Teachers | 2.75 | ±1.22 | ||
| SP | 2.10 | ±0.89 | ||
| Most fat people buy too much junk food | Students | 3.07 | ±1.03 | χ2=3.71; df=2; p>0.05 |
| Teachers | 3.14 | ±0.92 | ||
| SP | 3.48 | ±0.81 | ||
| Fat people have no will power | Students | 1.89 | ±0.84 | χ2=2.39; df=2; p>0.05 |
| Teachers | 2.00 | ±1.04 | ||
| SP | 1.57 | ±0.51 | ||
| The idea that genetics causes people to be fat is just an excuse | Students | 1.88 | ±0.89 | χ2=7.35; df=2; p<0.05* |
| Teachers | 1.48 | ±0.78 | ||
| SP | 2.00 | ±0.89 | ||
| If fat people knew how bad they looked, they would lose weight | Students | 1.64 | ±0.82 | χ2=3.74; df=2; p>0.05 |
| Teachers | 1.55 | ±0.57 | ||
| SP | 1.33 | ±0.73 | ||
| Most fat people are lazy | Students | 2.47 | ±1.01 | χ2=7.09; df=2; p<0.05* |
| Teachers | 1.97 | ±0.68 | ||
| SP | 2.35 | ±0.59 | ||
| Most fat people will latch onto almost any excuse for being fat | Students | 1.94 | ±0.92 | χ2=8.36; df=2; p<0.05* |
| Teachers | 1.48 | ±0.74 | ||
| SP | 1.62 | ±0.50 |
*p<0.05; **p<0.01.