An Evaluation of the Peer-delivered EVERYbody Project: Eating Disorder Risk Factor Reduction for College Students
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Body Image
- Sponsor
- Western Washington University
- Enrollment
- 141
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Eating disorder symptoms
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The second trial of the EVERYbody Project explored the efficacy of the inclusive body image intervention when delivered by college peer leaders. The peer-facilitated EVERYbody Project was compared to a video and expressive writing comparison intervention through one-month follow-up.
Detailed Description
The initial trial of the EVERYbody Project established that professional leaders could deliver a universal, inclusive body image program for college students, with benefit above and beyond a waitlist control condition. The second trial of the EVERYbody Project aimed to further evaluate the intervention using a more disseminable facilitator model: trained college student peer leaders. It also utilized a more rigorous comparison condition, where peer leaders conducted the two-session EVERYbody Project program or a time-matched video and expressive writing intervention. College students within a university in the Pacific Northwest United States were invited to participate in programming (universal intervention target). Quantitative assessment included a comparison of changes in eating disorder risk factor outcomes across randomization conditions at pre- and post-intervention and one-month follow-up. Feasibility and acceptability explored the impact of the peer delivered program within universal college student audiences.
Investigators
Anna Ciao
Associate Professor of Psychology
Western Washington University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Current college student enrolled at institution where research was taking place
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Eating disorder symptoms
Time Frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
Eating disorder symptoms were assessed with the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ; Fairburn \& Beglin, 1994). The Global score of the EDEQ was used in this study (average across all 28 items).
Body dissatisfaction
Time Frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
The Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Body Parts Scale (SDBPS; Berscheid, Walster, \& Bohrnstedt, 1973) assessed satisfaction and dissatisfaction with nine parts of the body that are commonly endorsed as concerning (e.g., stomach, thighs, hips). The average score was used in this study (average across all 9 items).
Internalized cultural appearance norms
Time Frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), following intervention Session 1 (Survey 1.B), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
The two Internalization subscales of the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4; Schaefer et al., 2015) assess internalized cultural messages surrounding appearance and attractiveness. The two internalization subscales were combined for this study (average across all 10 items), following prior research by Kilpela et al. (2016). This survey was assessed at all outcome time points (Survey 1, 2, and 3), plus midway through the intervention (following Session 1 of the program).
Secondary Outcomes
- Negative affect(Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3))