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Participants were 75 girls, aged 12\u201318 (25 per diagnostic group). To assess BRSC, participants reported on a 5-point Likert scale how often they compare their body to others\u2019. Participants also completed a diagnostic interview, Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE). Compared to adolescents with a DD and healthy adolescents, adolescents with an ED engaged in significantly more BRSC (p \u2264 0.001). Collapsing across groups, BRSC was significantly positively correlated with ED symptoms (p \u2264 0.01), and these associations remained even after controlling for two robust predictors of both ED symptoms and social comparison, namely BDI-II and RSE. In conclusion, BRSC seems to be strongly related to EDs. 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