@article{ref1,
title="Appearance-related teasing and substance use during early adolescence",
journal="Psychology of addictive behaviors",
year="2020",
author="Klinck, Melanie and Vannucci, Anna and Fagle, Tessa and Ohannessian, Christine McCauley",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Appearance-related teasing is a pervasive form of bullying during adolescence. Yet, the impact of appearance-related teasing on risk for alcohol and marijuana use is unknown. This study, therefore, examined the relationship between appearance-related teasing and the use of alcohol and marijuana in a sample of 1,344 students (52% female; 51% non-Hispanic White; ages 11-14 years, M = 13.20, SD = 0.65) from 5 public middle schools. Participants completed a survey that assessed demographic characteristics, weight status, depressive symptoms, general peer victimization, experiences of appearance-related teasing perpetrated by family and peers, and substance use in the fall of 2016 (Time 1 [T1]) and spring of 2017 (T2). <br><br>FINDINGS at baseline (T1) indicated that more frequent appearance-related teasing was associated with higher concurrent levels of total alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and marijuana use (ps <.001). Longitudinally, more frequent appearance-related teasing at T1 predicted greater increases in total alcohol consumption (p <.01) and binge drinking frequency (p <.05) by T2 but was unrelated to changes in marijuana use (p >.05), adjusting for age, gender, race and ethnicity, perceived socioeconomic status, body mass index z scores, depressive symptoms, general peer victimization frequency, and substance use at T1. Moderation analyses generally suggested that the positive associations between appearance-related teasing and alcohol use measures were stronger among adolescents who were girls (vs. boys) and who were overweight or obese (vs. nonoverweight). These findings suggest that appearance-related teasing may play a role in the origins of alcohol use during early adolescence and emphasize the need to mitigate the effects of appearance-related teasing and prevent early substance use. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-164X",
doi="10.1037/adb0000563",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/adb0000563"
}