NCT04587752

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Weight-related Bullying (Online Treatment)

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Girls Who Experienced Weight-related Bullying (Online Telehealth Treatment Study)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 11 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will perform a clinical trial with adolescents to pilot a new cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for weight-related bullying testing (1) feasibility, (2) acceptability, and (3) initial efficacy. The treatment will be conducted via audio/video telehealth.

Detailed description

Youth with obesity are more likely to be bullied than healthy-weight peers and weight-related bullying is the most common form of bullying. Treating bullying during childhood could reduce immediate and long-term health consequences, but there are no established individual-level treatments for weight-related bullying despite recommendations that they could improve children's health. This study will develop and test a new treatment for adolescents (11-17 years old) who have experienced bullying due to weight. The treatment will address traumatic stress and potentially co-occurring or developing problems with unhealthy weight-control behaviors, disordered eating, and weight. The treatment will be conducted via audio/video telehealth to increase accessibility and is therefore available to anyone in the United States who meets eligibility criteria.

Conditions

• Bullying
• Weight, Body
• Trauma, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CBT for Weight Bullying	Cognitive-behavioral therapy for weight-related bullying delivered by audio/video telehealth.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-05
• Primary completion: 2023-08-09
• Completion: 2023-08-09
• First posted: 2020-10-14
• Last updated: 2024-09-23
• Results posted: 2024-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States