A Preliminary Trial of a Prototype Internet Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Young Women with Body Image Concerns

Autor/inn/en	Stice, Eric; Rohde, Paul; Durant, Shelley; Shaw, Heather
Titel	A Preliminary Trial of a Prototype Internet Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Young Women with Body Image Concerns
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80 (2012) 5, S.907-916 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0028016
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Risk; Eating Disorders; Self Concept; Internet; Video Technology; Expertise; Effect Size; Human Body; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Intervention; Control Groups; Program Descriptions; College Students; Females + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risiko; Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Selbstkonzept; Expert appraisal; Menschlicher Körper; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Collegestudent; Weibliches Geschlecht
Abstract	Objective: A group dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program, in which young women critique the thin ideal, reduces eating disorder risk factors and symptoms, but it can be difficult to identify school clinicians with the time and expertise to deliver the intervention. Thus, we developed a prototype Internet version of this program and evaluated it in a preliminary trial. Method: Female college students with body dissatisfaction (N = 107; M age = 21.6 years, SD = 6.6) were randomized to the Internet intervention, group intervention, educational video condition, or educational brochure condition. Results: Internet and group participants showed greater pre-post reductions in eating disorder risk factors and symptoms than video controls (M ds = 0.47 and 0.54, respectively) and brochure controls (M ds = 0.75 and 0.72, respectively), with many effects reaching significance. Effects did not differ significantly for Internet versus group participants (M ds = -0.13) or for video versus brochure controls (M d = 0.25). Effect sizes for the Internet intervention were similar to those previously observed for group versions of this intervention. Conclusions: Results suggest that this prototype Internet intervention is as efficacious as the group intervention, implying that there would be merit in completing this intervention and evaluating it in a fully powered trial. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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