Evaluating an Social Media Intervention to Reduce Body Dissatisfaction Among Young Indonesian Women

NCT05023213 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DSEP_GE
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,857
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The researchers will conduct a randomised controlled trial to evaluate a social media-based intervention aimed at reducing body dissatisfaction among young Indonesian women between 15 and 19 years old. The intervention (titled Warna-Warni Waktu) consists of six sequential videos that tell a fictional story of a typical Indonesian young woman. The videos address known risk factors for body dissatisfaction and include evidence-based techniques to mitigate body dissatisfaction. In addition, the intervention encompasses 18 short online activities intended to encourage participants to think critically about the messages learnt in the videos and practice applying the lessons in real life. The primary aim is to evaluate the short-term (immediate and four-week post) impact of the intervention on young Indonesian women. The primary outcome is trait body dissatisfaction. Secondary outcomes include internalisation of societal appearance ideals, mood, appearance-related life engagement, and skin shade satisfaction. The second aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of the videos individually on eliciting state-based improvements (i.e., improvements in the moment) in body dissatisfaction and mood. This will be a within-group design, whereby only participants in the intervention condition will complete single-item measures of body dissatisfaction and mood immediately before and after watching each episode. Further exploratory analyses are also planned. Approximately 1800 young Indonesian women will be recruited for this research project. The study's hypotheses are as follows:

1. 1.Participants randomised to the intervention condition will experience reduced body dissatisfaction, skin shade dissatisfaction, and internalisation of appearance ideals, as well as improvements in appearance-related life engagement and mood, at post-intervention, and one-month follow-up, relative to the waitlist control condition.
2. 2.Each video in the Warna-Warni Waktu series will elicit immediate state-based improvements in body satisfaction and mood.
3. 3.Greater engagement and adherence in the Warna-Warni Waktu intervention will result in greater reducing in body dissatisfaction, skin shade dissatisfaction, and internalisation of appearance ideals, as well as improvements in appearance-related life engagement, and mood. This analysis will be exploratory in nature, depending on participants' engagement and adherence in the intervention during the trial.

Conditions

Body Image

Keywords

body dissatisfaction; body satisfaction; positive body image

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in body esteem

  Body esteem will be assessed using the Body Esteem Scale for adolescents \& adults (Mendelson, Mendelson \& White, 2001), which will be newly validated among Indonesian adolescents prior to the trial. Once the appropriate items are reverse coded, scores on all items are averaged; with lower scores indicating lower body esteem.

  baseline; post-intervention (day after the intervention is complete); follow-up (4 weeks later)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in internalisation of societal appearance ideals

  baseline; post-intervention (day after the intervention is complete); follow-up (4 weeks later)

• Change in mood

  baseline; post-intervention (day after the intervention is complete); follow-up (4 weeks later)

• Change in life engagement

  baseline; post-intervention (day after the intervention is complete); follow-up (4 weeks later)

• Change in skin shade satisfaction

  baseline; post-intervention (day after the intervention is complete); follow-up (4 weeks later)

Study Arms (2)

Warna-Warni Waktu intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this condition will be asked to view six, approximately five minute videos (each with a number of associated short, interactive reinforcer activities), at a pace of one video per day, for 6 days.

Behavioral: Warna-Warni Waktu

Waitlist control condition

NO INTERVENTION

These participants will no be contacted during the intervention timeframe.

Interventions

Warna-Warni Waktu BEHAVIORAL

Six videos and eighteen reinforcer activities

Warna-Warni Waktu intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 19 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Eligibility will be determined based on an individual identifying as female.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• identifying as a girl
• aged between 15 and 19 years old
• own their own mobile phone
• access Facebook or Instagram daily.

You may not qualify if:

• follow the Girl Effect brand ('Springster') on any social media site
• have ever accessed the Springster website
• if under 18 years of age, do not have the written consent from a parent or guardian.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of the West of England: lead
• Unilever R&D: collaborator
• University of Hawaii: collaborator
• Indonesia University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of the West of England

Bristol, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Garbett KM, Craddock N, Haywood S, Nasution K, White P, Saraswati LA, Medise BE; Girl Effect; Percolate Galactic; Diedrichs PC, Williamson H. A Novel, Scalable Social Media-Based Intervention ("Warna-Warni Waktu") to Reduce Body Dissatisfaction Among Young Indonesian Women: Protocol for a Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jan 28;11(1):e33596. doi: 10.2196/33596.

  PMID: 35089154 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Kirsty Garbett, MSc

  University of the West of England

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The datasets given to the statistician will be blinded to the condition.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2021
• First Posted: August 26, 2021
• Study Start: August 30, 2021
• Primary Completion: November 26, 2021
• Study Completion: January 26, 2022
• Last Updated: September 14, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)