Online Prevention Program for Eating Disorders Applied to College Students. Spanish Validation of the eBodyProject

NCT05977582 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IR15/2023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to analyze and compare in female college women two prevention programs for eating disorders, the Spanish Version of the eBodyProject and a traditional/educational prevention program. The main question it aims to answer is: • The Spanish Version of the eBodyProject (intervention group) is more effective to prevent the onset of eating disorders with college students than a traditional psychological and educational prevention program (control group). Participants will have to complete two main phases: assessment (pre- prevention program) and conducting the eBodyProject or traditional prevention program. The duration of the program is 4 weeks. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare the Spanish eBodyProject Group with the traditional group to see and compare the effectiveness of each intervention arm.

Conditions

Eating Disorders

Keywords

Prevention; College women; Thin-ideal internalization

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Onset of Eating Disorders Symptomatology

  Eating Attitudes Test -26 \[EAT-26\]

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• State of Mood

  4 weeks

• Thin-ideal internalization

  4 weeks

• Body Dissatisfaction

  4 weeks

• Eating Behaviors

  4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Spanish Version eBodyProject

EXPERIMENTAL

The Spanish adaptation of the eBodyProject program will be modified (Stice et al., 2012b). This program consists of 4 modules adapted from the most recent version of the original program The Body Project, presented by the original authors who have given their consent and suggestions for the realization of the Spanish version. The activities proposed through the different modules will be in written format or behavioral activities aimed at criticizing the ideal of feminine beauty imposed by today's society and promoting self-acceptance.

Behavioral: Spanish version eBodyProject

Psychoeducational Prevention Program

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in this group will receive a weekly newsletter with information about the beauty ideal, the costs of pursuing it, and tips for resisting the pressure to pursue this ideal, as well as tips for managing the emotions associated with it. However, they will not have to perform exercises related to this information, a psychoeducational intervention. Once the study is finished, these participants will receive an email again in case they are interested in taking part in the eBodyProject prevention program.

Behavioral: Psychoeducationa Prevention Program

Interventions

Spanish version eBodyProject BEHAVIORAL

The Spanish adaptation of the eBodyProject program will be modified (Stice et al., 2012b). This program consists of 4 modules adapted from the most recent version of the original program The Body Project, presented by the original authors who have given their consent and suggestions for the realization of the Spanish version. The activities proposed through the different modules will be in written format or behavioral activities aimed at criticizing the ideal of feminine beauty imposed by today's society and promoting self-acceptance.

Spanish Version eBodyProject

Psychoeducationa Prevention Program BEHAVIORAL

Participants in this group will receive a weekly newsletter with information about the beauty ideal, the costs of pursuing it, and tips for resisting the pressure to pursue this ideal, as well as tips for managing the emotions associated with it. However, they will not have to perform exercises related to this information, a psychoeducational intervention. Once the study is finished, these participants will receive an email again in case they are interested in taking part in the eBodyProject prevention program.

Psychoeducational Prevention Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Female college students
• Currently studying college degree, master or post-degree
• Participants must show inform consent
• Age \> 18 years

You may not qualify if:

• Currently, absence of eating disorders or other several psychological problem
• Currently on treatment for an eating disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Barcelona: lead
• University of Burgos: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Universidad de Burgos

Burgos, Spain

RECRUITING

Related Publications (13)

• Stice E, Durant S, Rohde P, Shaw H. Effects of a prototype Internet dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program at 1- and 2-year follow-up. Health Psychol. 2014 Dec;33(12):1558-67. doi: 10.1037/hea0000090. Epub 2014 Jul 14.

  PMID: 25020152 BACKGROUND

• Stice E, Onipede ZA, Marti CN. A meta-analytic review of trials that tested whether eating disorder prevention programs prevent eating disorder onset. Clin Psychol Rev. 2021 Jul;87:102046. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102046. Epub 2021 May 21.

  PMID: 34048952 BACKGROUND

• Stice, E., Rohde, P. & Shaw, H. (2013). The Body Project. Oxford.

  BACKGROUND

• Stice E, Rohde P, Gau J, Shaw H. Effect of a dissonance-based prevention program on risk for eating disorder onset in the context of eating disorder risk factors. Prev Sci. 2012 Apr;13(2):129-39. doi: 10.1007/s11121-011-0251-4.

  PMID: 21975593 BACKGROUND

• Stice E, Rohde P, Durant S, Shaw H. A preliminary trial of a prototype Internet dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program for young women with body image concerns. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Oct;80(5):907-16. doi: 10.1037/a0028016. Epub 2012 Apr 16.

  PMID: 22506791 BACKGROUND

• Luo YJ, Jackson T, Stice E, Chen H. Effectiveness of an Internet Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Intervention Among Body-Dissatisfied Young Chinese Women. Behav Ther. 2021 Jan;52(1):221-233. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 Apr 19.

  PMID: 33483119 BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

• Cebolla A, Barrada JR, van Strien T, Oliver E, Banos R. Validation of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) in a sample of Spanish women. Appetite. 2014 Feb;73:58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.10.014. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

  PMID: 24177441 BACKGROUND

• Garner DM, Olmsted MP, Bohr Y, Garfinkel PE. The eating attitudes test: psychometric features and clinical correlates. Psychol Med. 1982 Nov;12(4):871-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700049163.

  PMID: 6961471 BACKGROUND

• Rivas T, Bersabe R, Jimenez M, Berrocal C. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26): reliability and validity in Spanish female samples. Span J Psychol. 2010 Nov;13(2):1044-56. doi: 10.1017/s1138741600002687.

  PMID: 20977051 BACKGROUND

• Sanz, J., Perdigón, A. L. y Vázquez, C. (2003). Adaptación española del Inventario para la Depresión de Beck-II (BDI-II): 2. Propiedades psicométricas en población general. Clínica y Salud, 14(3), 249-280. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1806/180617972001.pdf

  BACKGROUND

• Schaefer LM, Burke NL, Thompson JK, Dedrick RF, Heinberg LJ, Calogero RM, Bardone-Cone AM, Higgins MK, Frederick DA, Kelly M, Anderson DA, Schaumberg K, Nerini A, Stefanile C, Dittmar H, Clark E, Adams Z, Macwana S, Klump KL, Vercellone AC, Paxton SJ, Swami V. Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4). Psychol Assess. 2015 Mar;27(1):54-67. doi: 10.1037/a0037917. Epub 2014 Oct 6.

  PMID: 25285718 BACKGROUND

• Van Strien T., Frijters J., Bergers G. y Defares P. (1986). The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) for assessment of restrained, emotional and external eating behaviors. International Journal of Eating Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1002/1098108X(198602)5:2<295::AID-EAT2260050209>3.0.CO;2-

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Carmen Varela, PhD

CONTACT

+34660732463; carmenvarela@ub.edu

Carmen Varela, PhD

CONTACT

+34660732463; cvarela@ubu.es

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD, Researcher and Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2023
• First Posted: August 4, 2023
• Study Start: October 20, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2024
• Study Completion: May 31, 2024
• Last Updated: February 20, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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