Addressing Body Image Issues While Teaching Academic Course: The Group- Theory and Practice

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

139 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-08-01

Study Completion Date

2017-08-01

Brief Summary

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MSc. course addressing the issue of body image among nutrition students while delivering the course "The group- theory and practice". A non-randomized controlled trial was conducted between 2014 and 2016 with 135 dietetics' students in Tel Hai Academic College, Israel. Changes in body image and eating disorders features were assessed between course conclusion and baseline among participants within controlled efficacy study.

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Detailed Description

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An innovative MSc. course addressing the issue of body image among nutrition students while delivering the course "The group- theory and practice". A non-randomized controlled trial was conducted between 2014 and 2016 with 135 dietetics' students in Tel Hai Academic College, Israel. All stages of the project were compliant with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants in the study. Changes in body image and eating disorders features were assessed between course conclusion and baseline among participants within controlled efficacy study.

The primary task of the described course is four folded:

1. Explore the theory and practice of key dimensions of groups and group facilitation.
2. Active participation in body image group
3. Develop deep understanding of the dynamics and processes through participants' own experience and behavior as it occurs in real time.
4. Develop ideas about how and what have been learned, that can be applied to their role as nutritionists and group facilitators.

The described course provides an alternative to the traditional psycho-education approach using an experiential and analogize approach during the course sessions. The three parts session starts with 45 minutes of frontal lecture focused on group theories. In the next 45 minutes, half of the students participate in a body image group while the other half serve as outside observers using structured forms. All participants filled the day before structured exercise, which expose them to the main issues that will be discussed and practiced in the group session. In the last 45 minutes, the observers report about their observation and the whole class discuss the group dynamics observed. The course includes 42 hours, 3 hours in each of the 14 sessions.

This model of learning emphasize deep learning of the "participant role" as well as the "facilitator role".

Conditions

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Self Esteem Body Image

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Active participants

The first 20 students who signed up for the course: "The group- theory and practice" were included. No exclusion criteria were used. Full attendance in the course which includes 13 sessions was mandatory. In each session, students were assigned to different body image tasks that were discussed in the coming session. All students completed a self-report questionnaire at baseline and conclusion of the course.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Academic course "The group- theory and practice"

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Active participation in the course "The group- theory and practice".

Controls

All the other students, that requested to sign up for the course but did not have a place, served as control group. All students completed a self-report questionnaire at baseline and conclusion of the course.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group