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The Body Project: Comparing the Effectiveness of an In-person and Virtually Delivered Intervention.

NCT ID: NCT05794763

Last Updated: 2024-12-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

69 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-31

Study Completion Date

2024-03-05

Brief Summary

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This present study will compare the efficacy of in-person versus virtually-delivered Body Project groups. It will also evaluate whether this body acceptance class produces greater reductions in eating disorder risk factor symptoms (pursuit of the thin ideal, body dissatisfaction, dieting, dietary restraint, negative affect, eating disorder symptoms, and the future onset of eating disorders over a 3-month follow-up in this population. It will also evaluate the effectiveness of this body acceptance class's ability to impact social appearance anxiety, body compassion, and self-stigma surrounding attaining help.

Detailed Description

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Dozens of eating disorder prevention programs have been evaluated, but only the 4-hr Body Project has reduced eating disorder symptoms and future eating disorder onset over 3-4 year follow-up, produced larger reductions in outcomes than credible alternative interventions, been shown to engage the intervention target (valuation of the thin beauty ideal), and produced effects in trials from several independent teams. The proposed study will evaluate the effectiveness of a peer-implemented, virtually delivered, body acceptance class compared to a peer-implemented, in-person delivery of the same class. Participation in the intervention will last four weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to the in-person or virtual body acceptance class. Assessments will take place at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up.

Conditions

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Eating Disorders

Keywords

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Prevention Peer Leader Feeding and Eating Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
The outcomes assessor at the 3-month follow-up is blind to participant randomization.

Study Groups

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Body Project: In Person Delivery

In the in-person peer-led group intervention, participants voluntarily engage in verbal, written, and behavioral exercises in which they critique and discuss the costs of pursuing the thin-ideal ideal. The intervention is 4 sessions long (1-hr each) and is administered by trained peer facilitators who use an intervention script. Participants will be asked to complete weekly home exercises throughout the course of the intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peer Led Group Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A four-week dissonance-based program where individuals with body image concerns complete verbal, written, and behavioral activities. The program consists of four 60-minute sessions

Body Project: Virtual Delivery

In the virtual peer-led group intervention held over Zoom, participants voluntarily engage in verbal, written, and behavioral exercises in which they critique and discuss the costs of pursuing the thin-ideal ideal. The intervention is 4 sessions long (1-hr each) and is administered by trained peer facilitators who use an intervention script. Participants will be asked to complete weekly home exercises throughout the course of the intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peer Led Group Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A four-week dissonance-based program where individuals with body image concerns complete verbal, written, and behavioral activities. The program consists of four 60-minute sessions

Interventions

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Peer Led Group Intervention

A four-week dissonance-based program where individuals with body image concerns complete verbal, written, and behavioral activities. The program consists of four 60-minute sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Body Project

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Cisgender and transgender men were excluded due to the fact that The Body Project is typically administered with groups of all cisgender women.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Eric Stice

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Eric Stice, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

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Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

St. Mary's College of Maryland

Saint Marys City, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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64138

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id