Prevalence of symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder and its correlates: a cross-cultural comparison.
The authors investigated the prevalence of body image concerns, body dysmorphic disorder, and related psychiatric symptoms in a group of 101 American students. Results were compared with data from a group of 133 German students. Survey data were collected on body image concerns, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and skin picking. A total of 74.3% of the American students endorsed body image concerns, and 28.7% were preoccupied by them; 4.0% appeared to meet DSM-IV criteria for body dysmorphic disorder. Body esteem was significantly correlated with self-esteem and depressive, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Body image concerns and preoccupation were significantly greater in American than in German students, although the prevalence of probable body dysmorphic disorder was not.
Bohne
Antje
A
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Keuthen
Nancy J
NJ
Wilhelm
Sabine
S
Deckersbach
Thilo
T
Jenike
Michael A
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States