Prevention Program Promoting Self Resilience, Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Primary Prevention

• Registration Number: NCT03216018
• Lead Sponsor: Tel Hai College

Brief Summary

The study is a group randomized controlled trial. High school classes were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a Randomization function in Excel computer program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre-intervention, post-intervention and 3-months follow-up. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

Detailed Description

The study is a group randomized controlled trial. High school classes were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a Randomization function in Excel computer program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre-intervention, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, shall receive information about the program and the study and shall be asked to provide informed consent.

Participants and setting: A high school in the northern region of Israel was recruited for the study. 9th and 10th grade classes were chosen to participate in the study, all mixed gender classes. All data will be collected within the school setting.

Program description: "In Favor of a Resilient Self" is an interactive, cognitive behavior program aiming to address low resilience, low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. This program is part of a series of intervention programs named "In Favor of Myself" which has been in development since 2008. This resilience-based program contains a range of coping strategies to help adolescents improve resilience, self-esteem and body image. The program consists of nine 90-min sessions delivered by one group leader in the presence of the classes' teachers. Participants in the control group shall receive one session of 90 minutes of health nutrition education.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2018-05-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-01
• Status Verified: 2018-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 2018-09-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program, and whose parents signed a letter of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who do not complete the questionnaires at least twice

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline in the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire-4	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (Schaefer et al., 2015) We included 3 subscales: Internalization - Thin/Low Body Fat, Internalization - Muscular/Athletic, Pressures - Media- 14 items
Change from Baseline in Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)- 10 items
Change from Baseline in Eating Attitudes Test	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	Eating Attitudes Test- 26 items The Eating Attitudes validated scale for children and adolescents (Maloney, McGuire, \& Daniels, 1988)
Change from Baseline in Body Esteem Scale	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	Body Esteem Scale- 23 items Body Esteem Scale for adolescents \& adults (Mendelson, Mendelson, \& White, 2001) Weight, appearance and attribution subscales.
Change from Baseline in Contingencies of Self Worth Scale	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	Contingencies of Self Worth Scale- 25 items (Crocker et al., 2003). We used 2 subscales: Appearance and Approval from others.
Change from Baseline in Contour Drawing Rating Scale	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	Contour Drawing Rating Scale- 3 items The Figure Body Images (Collins et al., 1981). It contains 9 figures with gender differences, the participants need to choose the figure which reflects themselves and their ideal figure goal.
Change from Baseline in Advertising Scale	Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores	The Advertising scale contains 1 item- Identification of strategies used by media. This question is reflected as a protective factor. It contains 8 different strategies (Golan et al., 2013).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tel Hai Academic College; 🇮🇱 Kiryat Shmona, North Of Israel, Israel