Body satisfaction among adolescents in eight different countries

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 693-701

  McCabe, Marita P ^a   Fuller Tyszkiewicz, Matthew ^a   Mellor, David ^a   Ricciardelli, Lina ^a   Skouteris, Helen ^a   Mussap, Alex ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; body satisfaction; cross cultural; female; male

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIJI; GREECE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TONGA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FIJI; GREECE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCEANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONGA;

EID: 84863228857     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311425274     Document Type: Article

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