title: A test of the resource security and the body mass index reference point hypotheses of body dissatisfaction amongst adolescents in eight countries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to identify cultural-level variables that may influence the extent to which adolescents from different cultural groups are dissatisfied with their bodies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 1730 male and 2000 female adolescents from Australia, Fiji, Malaysia, Tonga, Tongans in New Zealand, China, Chile, and Greece completed measures of body satisfaction, and the sociocultural influences on body image and body change questionnaire, and self-reported height and weight. Country gross domestic product and national obesity were recorded using global databases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of obesity/overweight and cultural endorsement of appearance standards explained variance in individual-level body dissatisfaction (BD) scores, even after controlling for the influence of individual differences in body mass index and internalization of appearance standards.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cultural-level variables may account for the development of adolescent BD.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , Deakin University , Burwood , VIC 3125 , Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
authors.forename: Marita P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.forename: Lina A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ricciardelli
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skouteris
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mussap
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D059066:Gross Domestic Product; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014058:Tonga / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: GDP; adolescents; body dissatisfaction; culture; sociocultural influences