SOMEBODY, a Social Media-based Eating Disorder Prevention Program

NCT04810403 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 00001960
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 8
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary evidence of potential efficacy of a social-media based intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders in college women.

Conditions

Eating Disorder Symptom

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Acceptability of intervention

  Acceptability will be evaluated with 7-point Likert scale ratings, with a score ≥5 indicating that participants found the intervention acceptable

  2 weeks

• Feasibility of intervention

  Feasibility will be evaluated as the percentage of consented and enrolled participants who complete ≥10 of the 14 days of the intervention, with ≥80% indicating feasibility

  2 weeks

• Change in internalization of the thin ideal

  The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire - 4 Revised (SATAQ-4R) Internalization Subscales will be used to measure internationalization of the thin ideal before and after the intervention. An effect size of d=.50 for within subject change in score will establish preliminary evidence of potential efficacy

  Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Change in body image concerns

  Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)

• Change in dietary restraint

  Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)

• Change in bulimic symptoms

  Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)

• Change in disordered eating

  Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)

• Change in social media use

  Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)

Study Arms (1)

SOMEBODY Eating Disorder Prevention Program

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants will be recruited to participate in the SOcial MEdia (SOME) adaptation of activities from the BODY Project (SOMEBODY).

Behavioral: SOMEBODY Eating Disorder Prevention Program

Interventions

SOMEBODY Eating Disorder Prevention Program BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive daily activities to complete on their most frequently used social media platform for 14 consecutive days. Daily activities have been adapted from the Body Project - an intervention that has been demonstrated to reduce internalization of the thin ideal and reduce risk for eating disorders. Examples of activities to be piloted include unfollowing social media accounts the participant perceives as reinforcing the thin-ideal and posting a selfie without makeup or editing. Based on feedback from participants, the intervention may be altered to improve acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary evidence of potential efficacy.

SOMEBODY Eating Disorder Prevention Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• female
• to 25 years old
• score in the top 50th percentile for time spent on social media each day

You may not qualify if:

• male
• \<18 years or \>25 years old
• individuals who screen positive for a Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5 eating disorder on the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Florida State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Florida State University Psychology Department

Tallahassee, Florida, 32304, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Pamela K Keel, Ph.D.

  Florida State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2021
• First Posted: March 23, 2021
• Study Start: March 29, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 22, 2022
• Study Completion: April 22, 2022
• Last Updated: May 4, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)