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Body satisfaction among adolescents in eight different countries
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posted on 2012-07-01, 00:00 authored by M McCabe, Matthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczMatthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, David MellorDavid Mellor, L Ricciardelli, Helen Skouteris, Alexander MussapAlexander MussapThe current study examined body satisfaction and the value of body size among adolescents in Australia, Fiji, Malaysia, Tonga, Tongans in New Zealand, China, Chile and Greece. In total, 2489 adolescent females and 2152 males participated in the study. The results demonstrated that males were more satisfied with their body than females. Males generally had a lower BMI than females, except for males in China and Malaysia. Attitudes towards large bodies for males and females varied by cultural group. These results demonstrate the strong cultural similarities in body satisfaction, but the differences that occur in relation to a large body.
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Journal of health psychologyVolume
17Issue
5Pagination
693 - 701Publisher
Sage PublicationsLocation
London, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1359-1053eISSN
1461-7277Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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