Body image and body change strategies among Tongan adolescents in Tonga and New Zealand McCabe, Marita P., Fotu, Kalesita, Mavoa, Helen and Faeamani, Gavin 2010, Body image and body change strategies among Tongan adolescents in Tonga and New Zealand, New Zealand medical journal, vol. 123, no. 1326, pp. 1-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mccabe-bodyimageandbody-2010.pdf Published version application/pdf 153.31KB 183 Title Body image and body change strategies among Tongan adolescents in Tonga and New Zealand Author(s) McCabe, Marita P. Fotu, Kalesita Mavoa, Helen Faeamani, Gavin Journal name New Zealand medical journal Volume number 123 Issue number 1326 Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher New Zealand Medical Association Place of publication Christchurch, New Zealand Publication date 2010-11-26 ISSN 0028-8446 1175-8716 Summary Aim : The aim of this study was to evaluate the body image and body change strategies of adolescents from Tonga, and Tongans who are resident New Zealand. Method : In total, 598 Tongans from Tonga and 388 Tongans from New Zealand completed measures of body image, body change strategies and messages about their body. Results : Tongans in Tonga were more likely to receive positive messages about a larger body from adults at school, church and the media, and losing weight from the media. They were also more likely to adopt strategies to lose weight, increase weight and increase muscles. Conclusion : The large body ideal appears to be still valued in Tonga, whereas Tongans also want to lose weight because of media messages to achieve a healthy body weight. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920599 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, NZMA Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032566 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Policy Cluster Open Access Collection   Link to Related Work Body image and body change strategies among Tongan adolescents in Tonga and New Zealand (deposited 17-05-2022) New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) Publisher (deposited 15-02-2013)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 08 Feb 2011, 08:33:27 EST Tue, 08 Feb 2011, 08:42:56 EST Tue, 08 Feb 2011, 08:44:34 EST Tue, 08 Feb 2011, 08:52:01 EST Thu, 10 Feb 2011, 07:36:36 EST Wed, 05 Jun 2013, 16:06:42 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 17:16:24 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:46:35 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:15:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 592 Abstract Views, 183 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 08 Feb 2011, 08:33:24 EST by Leanne Swaneveld