Dissonance thin-ideal and didactic healthy behavior eating disorder prevention programs: results from a controlled trial

Objective Negative body image, a common problem among college‐age women in the United States, strongly correlates with low self‐esteem, disturbed eating behavior, and eating disorders. Psychoeducational programs have inconsistently shown improvement in body image, thin‐ideal internalization, eating...

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Published in:The International journal of eating disorders 2004-12, Vol.36 (4), p.376-388
Main Authors: Matusek, J.A, Wendt, S.J, Wiseman, C.V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abnormal behavior
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Body Image
cognition
Cognitive Dissonance
college students
college-age women
disturbed eating behavior
Eating disorders
eating habits
Feeding and Eating Disorders - prevention & control
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Feeding Behavior
Female
health education
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental health
negative body image
patient education
Patient Education as Topic
Prevention
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
psychoeducational programs
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
psychosocial factors
psychotherapy
Risk Factors
Self image
self-efficacy
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Students
Treatment Outcome
Universities
Weight
women
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Summary:Objective Negative body image, a common problem among college‐age women in the United States, strongly correlates with low self‐esteem, disturbed eating behavior, and eating disorders. Psychoeducational programs have inconsistently shown improvement in body image, thin‐ideal internalization, eating behaviors, psychosocial functioning, and self‐esteem. Method In the current study, college women with body image concerns (N = 84) were randomly assigned to a cognitive dissonance‐based, thin‐ideal internalization, single‐session workshop (DTI; n = 26); a psychoeducational, healthy behavior, single‐session workshop (HB; n = 24); or a wait‐list control (WL; n = 34). Results Comparing baseline data with 4‐week follow‐up data, results indicated that both DTI and HB participants reported improvement in body image, thin‐ideal internalization, and eating behaviors. Discussion Results provide evidence that both interventions effectively reduce risk factors for eating pathology. © 2004 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 36: 376–388, 2004.
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/eat.20059