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

Mellor, David; Waterhouse, Monique; Mamat, Norul Hidayah; Xu, Xiu; Cochrane, Jamie; McCabe, Marita P.; Ricciardelli, Lina A.

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.002

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“…This finding of no significant cultural differences in overall body dissatisfaction between the three Asian groups differs from a recent evaluation of adolescent girls across the same Asian cultures (Mellor et al, 2013), in which Malaysian Chinese girls reported significantly higher overall body dissatisfaction than Malaysian Malay and Chinese participants. It may be that cultural differences in adolescent male body dissatisfaction across Asian contexts are more subtle.…”

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“…While both Malaysian groups have high exposure to Western media, Malaysian Chinese are generally considered to be more affluent than Malaysian Malays, as noted by Mellor et al (2013), and this may explain why Malaysian Chinese participants' overall body dissatisfaction was significantly higher than Australian participants, whereas Malaysian Malay participants' overall body dissatisfaction was not. These sociocultural factors were not directly measured in this study and are therefore tentative explanatory hypotheses, and it is likely that other sociocultural factors also played a role in the results.…”

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“…Although there is evidence that both Western and Asian adolescent males report body concerns related to body shape (e.g., muscularity), simply focusing on this aspect of body image may not sufficiently represent the importance of specific body features that differ between cultures because of ethnic variations in physical appearance and cultural variations in appearance ideals (Hall, 1995;Jackson & Chen, 2008;Jung & Forbes, 2006;Kawamura & Rice, 2009;Mellor et al, 2013;Watt & Ricciardelli, 2012).…”

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A Cross-Cultural Study Investigating Body Features Associated With Male Adolescents’ Body Dissatisfaction in Australia, China, and Malaysia

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This study investigated how dissatisfaction with particular aspects of the body was associated with overall body dissatisfaction among male adolescents in Western and Asian cultures. One hundred and six Malaysian Malays, 55 Malaysian Chinese, 195 Chinese from China, and 45 non-Asian Australians aged 12 to 19 years completed a questionnaire assessing dissatisfaction with their overall body and dissatisfaction with varying aspects of their body. Dissatisfaction with the face, height, and hair was positively correlated with overall body dissatisfaction among Malaysian Malays after body mass index, age and dissatisfaction with body areas typically included in measures (weight/shape, upper, middle, and lower body, and muscles) had been controlled for. Dissatisfaction with the face was positively correlated with overall body dissatisfaction among Malaysian Chinese. These findings demonstrate the differences in body focus for males from different cultures and the importance of using assessment measures that address all possible areas of body focus.

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“…Specifically, they found dental esthetics, dental self-confidence, and facial type to be significant contributors to self-esteem [7]. Furthermore, female adolescents from various countries find their faces to be most closely correlated with overall body dissatisfaction [26]. …”

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Alagille Syndrome: A Case Report Highlighting Dysmorphic Facies, Chronic Illness, and Depression

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Winthrop

Salman

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Alagille syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder affecting the liver, heart, vertebrae, eyes, and face. Alagille syndrome shares multiple phenotypic variants of other congenital or chronic childhood illnesses such as DiGeorge syndrome, Down syndrome, spina bifida, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and cystic fibrosis. All of these chronic illnesses have well-established links to psychiatric conditions. There are few community resources for Alagille patients, as it is an extremely rare condition. Despite the overlap with other chronic childhood illnesses, the psychiatric manifestations of Alagille syndrome have not been previously discussed in literature. The current study is a case report of a twelve-year-old female hospitalized in our pediatric psychiatric hospital for suicidal ideation with intent and plan. The patient had major depressive disorder, anxiety, other specified feeding and eating disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder.

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“…Mellor et al . () argue that features such as face, hair and height may be more important to Malaysian individuals' body image than BMI and body ratios. Skin lightness has also been associated with non‐Western perceptions of beauty, affecting marital prospects, job prospects, social status and earning potential (Ashikari, ; Wagatsuma, ); however of these aforementioned physical features, only face is directly assessed in the BES.…”

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Ratings of physical attractiveness within young, romantically engaged couples in Malaysia

Tan

Mellor

Mamat

2014

Asian J of Social Psycho

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This study examined the matching hypothesis, the positive illusions effect and the love is blind bias in young, romantically engaged couples in Malaysia. Each member of 58 young, romantically engaged heterosexual couples completed the Body Esteem Scale and items assessing physical attractiveness in relation to themselves and their partner. In support of the matching hypothesis, partners' perceptions of their own and their partner's facial and bodily attractiveness were significantly correlated. The positive illusions effect and the love is blind bias were also evident, with participants' ratings of partners being greater than both their own self-ratings and their partner's self-ratings of physical attractiveness. Although our findings suggest that these phenomena related to perceptions of physical attractiveness are evident across cultures, further studies are required.

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

Cited by 54 publications

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A Cross-Cultural Study Investigating Body Features Associated With Male Adolescents’ Body Dissatisfaction in Australia, China, and Malaysia

A Cross-Cultural Study Investigating Body Features Associated With Male Adolescents’ Body Dissatisfaction in Australia, China, and Malaysia

Alagille Syndrome: A Case Report Highlighting Dysmorphic Facies, Chronic Illness, and Depression

Ratings of physical attractiveness within young, romantically engaged couples in Malaysia

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