An Open Trial Pilot Study of SOMEBODY, a Social Media-based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for College Women
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Eating Disorder Symptom
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
- Enrollment
- 8
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in internalization of the thin ideal
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
Detailed Description
Previous research supports an association between specific aspects of social media use and increased eating pathology in correlational designs and that specific aspects of social media use cause increases in risk factors for eating disorders. The aim of the current project is to determine whether social media use can be altered to cause decreases in eating disorder risk factors. To accomplish this, college women will be recruited to participate in an open trial of a pilot program that adapts activities used within evidence-based eating disorder prevention programs to be used on social media platforms. The intervention is designed to target internalization of the thin ideal.
Investigators
Pamela Keel
Professor
Florida State University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 to 25 years old
- •score in the top 50th percentile for time spent on social media each day
Exclusion Criteria
- •\<18 years or \>25 years old
- •individuals who screen positive for a Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5 eating disorder on the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in internalization of the thin ideal
Time Frame: Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
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
Acceptability of intervention
Time Frame: 2 weeks
Acceptability will be evaluated with 7-point Likert scale ratings, with a score ≥5 indicating that participants found the intervention acceptable
Feasibility of intervention
Time Frame: 2 weeks
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
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in dietary restraint(Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline))
- Adherence to protocol - observed(Daily for the 14 days of the intervention)
- Change in body image concerns(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))
- Adherence to protocol - self-reported(2 weeks)