TY - JOUR
T1 - Body satisfaction among adolescents in eight different countries
AU - McCabe, Marita P.
AU - Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew
AU - Mellor, David
AU - Ricciardelli, Lina
AU - Skouteris, Helen
AU - Mussap, Alex
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - The 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.
AB - The 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.
KW - adolescents
KW - body satisfaction
KW - cross-cultural
KW - female
KW - male
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863228857&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1359105311425274
DO - 10.1177/1359105311425274
M3 - Article
C2 - 22021271
AN - SCOPUS:84863228857
VL - 17
SP - 693
EP - 701
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
SN - 1359-1053
IS - 5
ER -