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Psychosocial correlates of body image and body change behaviors among Malaysian adolescent boys and girls
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posted on 2010-09-01, 00:00 authored by David MellorDavid Mellor, L Ricciardelli, M McCabe, J Yeow, N Hidayah bt Mamat, F HapidzalThis study used a psychosocial framework to investigate the relationships between BMI, body dissatisfaction, body change behaviors and mental health/behavioral problems amongst a sample of 513 Malay, Indian and Chinese adolescent boys and girls in Malaysia who completed questionnaires assessing these variables. Expected gender differences were not found in relation to body dissatisfaction or engagement in strategies to increase weight, but boys reported greater engagement in strategies to increase muscles. Relationships between body dissatisfaction and engagement in body change behaviors and mental health/behavioral problems varied across race and gender. These findings suggest that the psychosocial framework is a useful way to conceptualise body dissatisfaction and related behaviors, and that caution should be exercised in generalising findings across gender and culture.
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Sex rolesVolume
63Issue
5-6Pagination
386 - 398Publisher
Springer New York LLCLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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0360-0025eISSN
1573-2762Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2010, Springer Science+Business Media, LLCUsage metrics
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