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The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderator effect of appearance dissatisfaction the relationships between narcissism and depression of early adolescents. The subjects of the study were 520 early adolescent who were selected from fifth and sixth grade of elementary school and first and second grade of middle school in Busan. For data analysis, t-test, partial correlation, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression were used. The results were as follows: first, there were significant gender difference in adaptive narcissism, maladaptive narcissism, appearance dissatisfaction, and depression. Second, moderator effect of appearance dissatisfaction between adaptive narcissism and depression was significant for the girls. Third, moderator effect of appearance dissatisfaction between maladaptive narcissism and depression was significant for the boys and girls. The results suggest the importance of decreasing the appearance dissatisfaction in prevention of depression during early adolescence.