TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Body Satisfaction among Adolescents in Eight Different Countries
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - McCabe, Marita
A1  - Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew
A1  - Mellor, David
A1  - Ricciardelli, Lina
A1  - Skouteris, Helen
A1  - Mussap, Alex
SP  - 693
EP  - 701
VL  - 17
IS  - 5
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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105311425274
ID  - ref1
ER  -