Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
275 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-04-01
2021-12-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Specific Aim 2. Second, the project aims to pilot test a relatively minimalistic intervention that would be easily translated to app-based delivery format, to help overcome the most-cited barriers to prevention program participation noted by undergraduate students in universal prevention research. Specifically, undergraduate participants who were assigned to a prevention program but did not enroll questioned a need for counseling/therapy, reported preferring to deal with issues on their own, and cited a lack of time as reasons they did not enroll.
Specific Aim 3. Third, the project aims to test this specific functionality mirror exposure approach largely on its own, rather than as part of a multicomponent treatment program, so that its unique contribution in preventing body image dissatisfaction, and ultimately eating disorders, can be assessed. A main goal in prevention and treatment development remains to continuously test components of body-image interventions separately for efficacy.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Functionality Mirror Exposure & Journal
A text-based functionality gratitude "journaling" prompt three times weekly paired with three weeks of weekly functionality-based guided mirror exposure sessions in the lab (the IM FAB program)
Mirror exposure and text prompt responses
Participants in the active interventions have three weekly mirror exposure sessions that are either guided with specific instructions as to where to look and how (only in functionality condition)
Pure Mirror Exposure & Gratitude Journal
Thrice weekly generic (non body-focused) gratitude text prompts and pure mirror exposure in the lab. Participants are not given instructions on how to examine body parts, only instructed to examine the same specific body parts as the Functionality group to control specifically for impacts of the body functionality focus.
Mirror exposure and text prompt responses
Participants in the active interventions have three weekly mirror exposure sessions that are either guided with specific instructions as to where to look and how (only in functionality condition)
Assessment only control
Assessments at Week 1, Week 3, and 1- and 4-month follow-ups, identical to those received by participants in the active condition
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Mirror exposure and text prompt responses
Participants in the active interventions have three weekly mirror exposure sessions that are either guided with specific instructions as to where to look and how (only in functionality condition)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Participation in the Body Project
18 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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University at Albany
OTHER
Union College, New York
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Catherine Walker
Visiting Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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D. Catherine Walker
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Union College
Locations
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University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York, United States
Union College
Schenectady, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Cash TF, Fleming EC, Alindogan J, Steadman L, Whitehead A. Beyond body image as a trait: the development and validation of the Body Image States Scale. Eat Disord. 2002 Summer;10(2):103-13. doi: 10.1080/10640260290081678.
Cash TF, Green GK. Body weight and body image among college women: perception, cognition, and affect. J Pers Assess. 1986 Summer;50(2):290-301. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa5002_15.
Tylka TL, Wood-Barcalow NL. The Body Appreciation Scale-2: item refinement and psychometric evaluation. Body Image. 2015 Jan;12:53-67. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.09.006. Epub 2014 Oct 21.
Reas DL, Whisenhunt BL, Netemeyer R, Williamson DA. Development of the body checking questionnaire: a self-report measure of body checking behaviors. Int J Eat Disord. 2002 Apr;31(3):324-33. doi: 10.1002/eat.10012.
Alleva JM, Tylka TL, Kroon Van Diest AM. The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS): Development and psychometric evaluation in U.S. community women and men. Body Image. 2017 Dec;23:28-44. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.07.008. Epub 2017 Aug 17.
Stice E, Telch CF, Rizvi SL. Development and validation of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: a brief self-report measure of anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder. Psychol Assess. 2000 Jun;12(2):123-31. doi: 10.1037//1040-3590.12.2.123.
Stice E, Fisher M, Martinez E. Eating disorder diagnostic scale: additional evidence of reliability and validity. Psychol Assess. 2004 Mar;16(1):60-71. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.1.60.
Froh JJ, Fan J, Emmons RA, Bono G, Huebner ES, Watkins P. Measuring gratitude in youth: assessing the psychometric properties of adult gratitude scales in children and adolescents. Psychol Assess. 2011 Jun;23(2):311-24. doi: 10.1037/a0021590.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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UnionC
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id