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Sociocultural influences on body dissatisfaction and body change behaviors among Malaysian adolescents
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posted on 2009-03-01, 00:00 authored by David MellorDavid Mellor, M McCabe, L Ricciardelli, J Yeow, N Daliza, N HapidzalLittle research on body dissatisfaction and body change behaviors, and the sociocultural influences on them, has been undertaken in non-Western contexts. The current study investigated these variables and the relationships between them among a sample of 529 Malaysian high school students (103 Malays, 344 Chinese and 82 Indians), who completed a set of measures in classroom settings. Chinese girls were more dissatisfied with their bodies than Chinese boys, but no gender difference was found for Malay and Indian participants. Girls were more likely to engage in behaviors to lose weight, and boys were more likely to engage in behaviors to increase muscle. The influence of sociocultural factors on body dissatisfaction and body change behaviors was limited and varied across both sex and ethnicity. Findings are discussed in relation to Western research, and it is concluded that cultural nuances need to be considered when investigating these phenomena.
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6Issue
2Pagination
121 - 128Publisher
Elsevier B.V.Location
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1740-1445eISSN
1873-6807Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2008, Elsevier Ltd.Usage metrics
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body dissatisfactionbody change behaviorssociocultural influencesMalaysiaSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePsychology, ClinicalPsychiatryPsychology, MultidisciplinaryPsychologyCULTURE-BOUND SYNDROMESEATING-DISORDERSCHINESE ADOLESCENTSANOREXIA-NERVOSAPEER INFLUENCESIMAGEETHNICITYMODELWEIGHTATTITUDES
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