An Intervention for Eating and Body Image Concerns Among Young Adult Women

University of Sheffield

Status

Completed

Conditions

Body Image Disturbance

Eating Disorder Symptom

Treatments

Behavioral: Body image exposure

Behavioral: Self-compassion

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04665167

168743

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of the current study is to assess acceptability and feasibility of online body image exposure and self-compassion interventions before conducting a larger RCT.

Full description

This study will determine the feasibility and effectiveness of delivering an online therapy for eating pathology and body image disturbance. It will address body image and eating pathology in a non-clinical group of young adult women, who are at risk of developing such problems . The feasibility study will determine whether there are any difficulties that would need to be addressed in recruitment, online delivery and assessment of those treatments.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Body shape questionnaire score > 25
Age ≥18
Self-identified women
Be able to use a computer and having an Internet connection and webcam

Exclusion criteria

Insufficient knowledge of English
Learning disability, severe mental illness or alcohol/substance dependence, history of self-injuries, current eating disorder, current clinical depression
Psychiatric illness requiring secondary care intervention
Male
Under 18 years old
Body mass index below 18.5
Currently undergoing psychological therapies
No access to a tablet or computer with an internet connection