The arabic version of the fat phobia scale-short form: reliability and structural validity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight bias, often known as fat phobia or weight stigma, refers to unfavorable attitudes and stereotypes that are associated with, and applied to, larger bodies. Fat phobia can include an unreasonable and abnormal dread of being overweight or being associated with obese people. Currently, there is no validated tool available to measure fat phobia in Arabic. Measuring fat phobia in Arabic-speaking populations is crucial, because cultural attitudes toward body weight can be quite negative and discriminatory; these negative attitudes can negatively impact mental health. The current study aimed to adapt, translate, and assess the structural validity of the Fat Phobia Scale-Short Form (F-Scale 14) in Arabic.

Methods

The gold standard approach to translation was used. F

SUBMITTER: Ghazzawi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11850402 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature