More Than Body Appearance (MBA) Intervention

University of Padova

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Body Image

Treatments: Other: More than Body Appearance (MBA) Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04677400

3811

Details and patient eligibility

About

The promotion of a positive body image is crucial to increase the efficacy of psychological interventions targeting body image. Recent studies indicated that positive body image also acts as a protective factor against the onset of ED symptoms. However, in the last decades, research has predominantly focused on reducing body dissatisfaction, with most available psychological interventions for body image adopting a disease reduction perspective while neglecting positive aspects of psychological functioning. This approach has shown limited efficacy in improving body image. Consequently, it is crucial to develop new psychological interventions including both perspectives (i.e., disease reduction and health promotion perspectives) to improve body image and to test their efficacy in different contexts and populations.

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a 2-week online psychological intervention (More than Body Appearance; MBA) designed to improve body image in young women at both high and low risk of developing Body Image Disorders and in female athletes practicing aesthetic sports.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 or above

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of a full-blown Body Image Disorder (BID);
• Current treatment for a BID.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the Experimental group start the MBA intervention immediately (Time 0; T0).

Treatment:

Other: More than Body Appearance (MBA) Intervention

Waiting-list group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the waiting-list group start the MBA intervention at Time 1 (T1; 15 days after the Experimental group).

Treatment:

Other: More than Body Appearance (MBA) Intervention