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Abstract. Depression commonly happens to the teenagers. There are many factors which causes depression such as entertainment from social media can affect someone-s body image. Physical changes raise special response to the body image. The purpose of this study was to identify the correlation between body image and depression in teenagers. This study employed Analytical Correlational design with Cross Sectional approach. There were 184 respondents recruited as the sample which were chosen by using simple random sampling technique. A validated questionnaire of MBSRQ-AS and BDI II were used in this study. A self completed questionnaire was used in this study. All distributed questionnaires have been filled in completely. The data were analyzed by using the Spearman Rho test. Among 184 respondents, 64.7% were female. The average age of the respondents was between 16-17 years old. There were 61.9% of the respondents had negative images and there were 61.9% of the respondents had moderate depression. The result showed that there was significant correlation between body image and depression in teenagers with the p-value <0.05. There is correlation between body image and depression in teenagers at SMAN 1 Abiansemal. It is expected that students are able to maintain a positive perception of body image by filtering the information received related to ideal body.