Body focused repetitive behaviors among Salvadorian youth: Incidence and clinical correlates

Selles, Robert R.; Nelson, Robert; Zepeda, Raquel; Dane, Brittney F.; Wu, Monica S.; Novoa, Juan Carlos; Guttfreund, Daniel; Storch, Eric A.

doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2015.01.008

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“…As these conditions are gaining increasing awareness through their inclusion in the DSM, it is important that research continues into these conditions, and their demographic and clinical correlates, in order to enable health care professionals to screen for, and be aware of, the factors commonly associated with these conditions. Presently very little is known about these conditions in non-clinical samples, although in the recent years, a small number of studies have emerged examining clinical and demographic correlates of BFRBs among community and clinical samples of adults and youths [14][15][16].…”

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“…Selles and colleagues have examined prevalence and correlates of BFRBs in samples of clinical and non-clinical youth using a parent-report BFRB measure [14,16]. In a non-clinical sample of Salvadorian youth (n = 315) aged 4-17 years, parents reported that 46% (n = 144) had at least one BFRB; most commonly nail biting (35%), followed by skin picking (25%), and hair pulling (11%) [14]. Of those 144 young people with any BFRB, 14% (n = 20) experienced…”

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“…A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T elevated distress and/or interference due to these behaviors [14]. Youth with skin picking and hair pulling, as compared to those with no BFRBs, had increased levels of internalizing and externalizing behavior, poorer adaptive functioning, and more difficulties with inattention [14]. For youth with nail biting alone (without any skin picking or hair pulling behaviors), there were no significant differences from control youth in relation to associations with internalizing or externalizing behavior, adaptive functioning or inattention, suggesting that nail biting may be a less distressing BFRB in young people [14].…”

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“…Therefore, a fifth aim was to examine QoL impairment associated with pBFRB disorder, and to determine whether there were differences with regard to level of impairment between the pBFRB groups. Finally, it was of interest to examine the association between the BFRBs and fear of negative evaluation (FNE) given that previous research has indicated that nail biting may be a less distressing BFRB [14,17], and therefore may not be associated with social evaluative concerns to the same extent that skin picking and hair pulling may be.…”

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Although differences were found between those with a pBFRB and those without, there were few differences between the different pBFRB groups, indicating that all BFRB conditions are concerning. Skin picking may be one of the more severe of the BFRB presentations, although the small number of differences between the groups may reflect a single pathological grooming factor underlying the BFRBs. These findings underscore the importance of recognizing that all body-focused behaviors can cause significant distress, impairment, and reduced QoL, and highlights the need for timely and accurate identification of these conditions by health professionals.

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Few studies have investigated body-dysmorphic, hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking symptoms in adolescents and how they relate to mental health, quality of life, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-harm. We used a quota sampling procedure and contacted 100 secondary centres in the Southeast of Spain, of which 34 participated in the study. A sample of 5,345 adolescents (12–18 years) completed dimensional measures of body-dysmorphic, hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking symptoms. The proportion of adolescents with clinically significant symptoms within each symptom type was estimated and associations with other indicators of mental health examined. Clinically significant body-dysmorphic symptoms were reported by 3.7%, hoarding by 0.9%, hair-pulling by 0.7%, and skin-picking by 1.8%. Body-dysmorphic symptoms were more common in girls and in those over 14 years of age. Body-dysmorphic, hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking symptoms were moderately to strongly associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, and poor quality of life. Those with significant body-dysmorphic, hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking symptoms were much more likely to have attempted suicide and engaged in non-suicidal self-harm during the last twelve months than those without such symptoms. Body-dysmorphic symptoms showed the strongest associations with internalizing symptoms and poor quality of life. Limitations are the sole use of self-report and a sample from only two regions in Spain, but findings suggest that body-dysmorphic, hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking symptoms are common and impairing during adolescence.

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Initial psychometrics, outcomes, and correlates of the Repetitive Body Focused Behavior Scale: Examination in a sample of youth with anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Body focused repetitive behaviors among Salvadorian youth: Incidence and clinical correlates

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant body-focused repetitive behaviors in a non-clinical sample

Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant body-focused repetitive behaviors in a non-clinical sample

Body-dysmorphic, hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking symptoms in a large sample of adolescents

Initial psychometrics, outcomes, and correlates of the Repetitive Body Focused Behavior Scale: Examination in a sample of youth with anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder

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