A test of the resource security and the body mass index reference point hypotheses of body dissatisfaction amongst adolescents in eight countries

doi:10.1080/13557858.2013.857761

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A test of the resource security and the body mass index reference point hypotheses of body dissatisfaction amongst adolescents in eight countries

Mellor, David, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, McCabe, Marita P., Ricciardelli, Lina A., Skouteris, Helen and Mussap, Alexander J. 2014, A test of the resource security and the body mass index reference point hypotheses of body dissatisfaction amongst adolescents in eight countries, Ethnicity & health, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 548-564, doi: 10.1080/13557858.2013.857761.

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Title	A test of the resource security and the body mass index reference point hypotheses of body dissatisfaction amongst adolescents in eight countries
Author(s)	Mellor, David orcid.org/0000-0001-5007-5906 Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 McCabe, Marita P. Ricciardelli, Lina A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7038-7410 Skouteris, Helen Mussap, Alexander J. orcid.org/0000-0003-1290-3680
Journal name	Ethnicity & health
Volume number	19
Issue number	5
Start page	548
End page	564
Total pages	17
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Place of publication	Abingdon, England
Publication date	2014
ISSN	1355-7858
Keyword(s)	body dissatisfaction adolescents culture GDP sociocultural influences
Summary	Objective. This study aimed to identify cultural-level variables that may influence the extent to which adolescents from different cultural groups are dissatisfied with their bodies. Design. A sample of 1730 male and 2000 female adolescents from Australia, Fiji, Malaysia, Tonga, Tongans in New Zealand, China, Chile, and Greece completed measures of body satisfaction, and the sociocultural influences on body image and body change questionnaire, and self-reported height and weight. Country gross domestic product and national obesity were recorded using global databases. Results. Prevalence of obesity/overweight and cultural endorsement of appearance standards explained variance in individual-level body dissatisfaction (BD) scores, even after controlling for the influence of individual differences in body mass index and internalization of appearance standards. Conclusions. Cultural-level variables may account for the development of adolescent BD.
Language	eng
DOI	10.1080/13557858.2013.857761
Field of Research	170113 Social and Community Psychology
Socio Economic Objective	920503 Health Related to Specific Ethnic Groups
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2013, Taylor & Francis
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30064929

Document type:	Journal Article
Collections:	Faculty of Health School of Psychology


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