NCT04665167

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

Feasibility of Online Exposure Therapy and Self-compassion Interventions for Eating and Body Image Concerns Among Young Adult Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sheffield · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Eating Disorder Symptom
• Body Image Disturbance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Body image exposure	Exposure therapy is a key element of evidence-based cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders . Body image exposure intervention involves deliberate, planned, and systematic exposure to the body image. Participants will be asked to stand so that they can see their whole body - far enough back. Participants will be asked to look at their bodies on screen. Participants will be continually encouraged by the facilitator for looking at and talking about the body parts.
BEHAVIORAL	Self-compassion	The self-compassion intervention condition consists of Neff's self-compassion exercises. These exercises are part of the self-compassion intervention condition. Meditation text used in this study is obtained from the following link https://self-compassion.org/category/exercises/.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-13
• Primary completion: 2021-02-26
• Completion: 2021-03-30
• First posted: 2020-12-11
• Last updated: 2021-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom