Which body features are associated with female adolescents' body dissatisfaction? A cross-cultural study in Australia, China and Malaysia

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-61

  Mellor, David ^a   Waterhouse, Monique ^a   Mamat, Norul Hidayah bt ^b   Xu, Xiaoyan ^c   Cochrane, Jamie ^b   McCabe, Marita ^a   Ricciardelli, Lina ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Assessment; Body dissatisfaction; Cross cultural; Female

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871667544     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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