@article{ref1,
title="Body dysmorphic symptoms, functional impairment, and depression: the role of appearance-based teasing",
journal="Journal of psychology, The",
year="2015",
author="Weingarden, Hilary and Renshaw, Keith D.",
volume="150",
number="1",
pages="119-131",
abstract="Body dysmorphic disorder is associated with elevated social and occupational impairment and comorbid depression, but research on risk factors for body dysmorphic symptoms and associated outcomes is limited. Appearance-based teasing may be a potential risk factor. To examine the specificity of this factor, the authors assessed self-reported appearance-based teasing, body dysmorphic, and obsessive-compulsive symptom severity, functional impairment (i.e., social, occupational, family impairment), and depression in a nonclinical sample of undergraduates. As hypothesized, appearance-based teasing was positively correlated with body dysmorphic symptoms. The correlation between teasing and body dysmorphic symptoms was stronger than that between teasing and obsessive-compulsive symptom severity. Last, body dysmorphic symptom severity and appearance-based teasing interacted in predicting functional impairment and depression. Specifically, appearance-based teasing was positively associated with depression and functional impairment only in those with elevated body dysmorphic symptoms. When a similar moderation was tested with obsessive-compulsive, in place of body dysmorphic, symptom severity, the interaction was nonsignificant. <br><br>FINDINGS support theory that appearance-based teasing is a specific risk factor for body dysmorphic symptoms and associated functional impairment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3980",
doi="10.1080/00223980.2015.1012144",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2015.1012144"
}