BABE(Body Appreciation and Better Eating), Add Some Self-compassion: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study for Black/African American High School Teenage Girls
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 13
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Feasibility of the BABE program (retention)
研究概览
简要总结
Body dissatisfaction is most common among girls in their teenage years and young adulthood, this is also around the time where the risk of developing binge eating disorder is the highest. Black/African American girls are more likely to engage in binge eating behaviors compared to their White American counterparts; however, they receive less help for eating issues. Further, increase rates of obesity in the Black/African American population may indicate that binge eating may be a bigger problem for this population than discussed. Therefore, the primary purpose of this randomized controlled pilot is to assess the feasibility of this pilot study to be used in a large scale fully-powered study. The secondary purpose of this study is to assess if two different nutrition and body image programs elicit positive outcomes among Black/African American teenage girls who indicate a desire to improve body image.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Black (Afro-Latina)/African American teenage girls
- •Age 13 to 18 years old
- •Attend high school in the United States
- •Interest in nutrition
排除标准
- •Eating disorder diagnosis
- •Pregnancy
研究组 & 干预措施
Body image + nutrition education +self-compassion
For the treatment arm, girls will participate in the Body Project for about 30 minutes, then will be given about a 30 minute self-compassion-based nutrition education lesson. The nutrition topics will cover the basic biochemistry of nutrition, nutrition needs for teenage girls, and ways to find balance in eating, framed in the constructs of self-compassion. The three self-compassion constructs will be targeted in the following ways: (1) Mindfulness will involve bringing awareness to feelings and emotions about a time during the week where participants ate a food lower in nutritional value. (2) Common Humanity involves finding ways in which their experience connects to others and acknowledging that being human comes with imperfections. (3) Self-Kindness will involve having girls speak kind and understanding words to themselves as it relates to their eating-related downfall of the week.
干预措施: BABE (Body Appreciation and Better Eating) (Behavioral)
Body image + nutrition education
For the control arm, participants will receive the same 30-minute Body Project class, then participants will be given a 30-minute nutrition education lesson. The nutrition lesson plans will have no components of self-compassion intertwined within the lesson, but the nutrition content will be the same as the treatment group.
干预措施: BABE (Body Appreciation and Better Eating) (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Feasibility of the BABE program (retention)
时间窗: 12 weeks
The feasibility of this randomized controlled pilot will consider retention. Feasibility will be measured by the retention rate/response rate (100 %) at 1-month follow-up.
Feasibility of the BABE program (randomization)
时间窗: 12 weeks
The feasibility of this randomized controlled pilot will consider randomization. Feasibility will be measured by the ability to randomize participants (if researcher needs to add additional class options to accommodate teen girls).
Participants' acceptability of the program
时间窗: 12 weeks
Program acceptability will be measured by focus groups conducted post-intervention and a credibility scale which will be given after classes. The Credibility scale measures the degree to which participants believe their intervention is credible and effective in improving outcomes (body image and nutrition). Some of the question items included, "How logical is this program in helping you improving eating habits? How logical is this program in helping you improve body image? Responses are indicated on a 9-point Likert scale of 0 (not at all) to 9 (very). Higher scores mean better outcomes.
Feasibility of the BABE program (sample size)
时间窗: 12 weeks
The feasibility of this randomized controlled pilot will consider sample size. Feasibility will be measured by the length of time required to complete participant recruitment (=20-24).
次要结局
- Body Appreciation Scale-2(12 weeks)
- Mindful eating questionnaire(12 weeks)
- Motivations for Electronic Interaction Scale (MEIS)(12 weeks)
- Self-compassion for youth scale(12 weeks)
- The Social Connectedness Scale(12 weeks)
- Body-Related Shame and Guilt Scale (WEB-SG)(12 weeks)
- Childrens Brief Binge Eating Questionnaire(12 weeks)
研究者
Nkechi Okpara
Principal Investigator
University of South Carolina