Journal article
A Controlled Randomized Preliminary Trial of a Modified Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Intervention Program
Journal of clinical psychology, Vol.73(12), pp.1612-1628
12/2017
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22468
PMID: 28249107
Abstract
We conducted a controlled randomized preliminary trial of a modified dissonance-based eating disorder program (n = 24) compared to an assessment-only control condition (n = 23) via a longitudinal design (baseline, postintervention, 2-month follow-up) in a community sample of women (N = 47) with clinical (n = 22) and subclinical (n = 25) eating disorder symptoms.
The traditional content of the Body Project, a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program, was modified to include verbal, written, and behavioral exercises designed to dissuade self-objectification and maladaptive social comparison. Women with clinical and subclinical symptoms were included in the target audience to investigate both the treatment and the indicated prevention utility of the modified dissonance program. Body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, self-objectification, thin-ideal internalization, maladaptive social comparison, trait anxiety, and eating disorder symptoms were evaluated in the control and the modified dissonance condition at baseline, postintervention, and 2-month follow-up.
We predicted a statistically significant 2 (condition: control, modified dissonance) x 3 (time: baseline, postintervention, 2-month follow-up) interaction in the mixed factorial multivariate analyses of variance results. Results confirmed this hypothesis. Eating disorder risk factors and symptoms decreased significantly among participants in the modified dissonance condition at postintervention and 2-month follow-up compared to baseline; symptom improvement was greater among participants in the modified compared to the control condition. A secondary analysis indicated symptom improvement did not vary as a function of symptom status (clinical, subclinical), suggesting the program is efficacious in both indicated prevention and treatment applications.
Results provide preliminary support for the modified dissonance program.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Controlled Randomized Preliminary Trial of a Modified Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Intervention Program
- Creators
- M A Green - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryM Willis - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryK Fernandez-Kong - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryS Reyes - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryR Linkhart - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryM Johnson - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryT Thorne - Cornell College Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Research LaboratoryJ Lindberg - University of IowaE Kroska - University of IowaH Woodward - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical psychology, Vol.73(12), pp.1612-1628
- DOI
- 10.1002/jclp.22468
- PMID
- 28249107
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
- eISSN
- 1097-4679
- Grant note
- name: Tanager Place Research Center; name: Ringer Distinguished Professorship
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213396102771
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