Age‐Related Effects on Self‐Focused Attention Across Adolescence and the Relationship With Symptoms of Body Dysmorphia, Social Anxiety and Depression

The current findings indicate that self-focused attention increases during adolescence. Moreover, findings provide support for the notion that increased self-focused attention may partly account for the rise in symptoms of BDD, SAD and depression during this developmental period. Future research should seek to establish the direction of effects between self-focused attention and symptoms using longitudinal designs.