Effectiveness of a Self-guided Body Image Program on a Mobile Application in Improving Body Image and Self-compassion in Young Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 310
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change of baseline body image ideals
研究概览
简要总结
Body image concerns are pervasive and can impact multiple aspects of a person's life. Individuals with negative body image tend to have negative thoughts and feelings about their bodies, often resulting in unhealthy behaviours. Negative body image is also associated with mental and physical health conditions. Thus, prevention efforts are crucial to alleviating body image concerns in young adults as they are considered high-risk populations.
This study is a randomised controlled trial that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-guided body image program on a mobile-based application for young adults.
Hypothesis 1a: The intervention group will improve significantly on measures of body image at post-intervention and follow-up, as compared to the control group.
Hypothesis 1b: The intervention group will reduce significantly on measures of appearance-ideal internalization, media and peer pressures at post-intervention and follow-up, as compared to the control group.
Hypothesis 2: The intervention group will improve significantly on the measure of self-compassion at post intervention and follow-up, as compared to the control group.
详细描述
Procedure:
Participants will begin by reading the Participant Information Sheet (PIS) online. Once they have indicated consent on the online Consent Form, participants will proceed to complete a set of questionnaire on an online survey platform (Qualtrics) to obtain baseline ratings. The online questionnaire consists of four measures on body image, body image risk factors and self-compassion. Participants will also report demographic information such as gender and age.
Next, participants will download the phone application and be guided to navigate the application. The phone application for the programs in this study is provided by Intellect Pte Ltd, a Singaporean technology start-up company that collaborates with the supervisor of this project (OS). All participants will be randomized to one of two conditions- intervention or active wait-list control-using simple randomisation procedures. Participants in the intervention condition will participate in 9 days of body image program, while participants in the active wait-list control condition will participate in 9 days of cooperation learning program. In both programs, participants will engage in content learning and short activities daily on the phone application. The anticipated time participants will spend on each programs is comparable, of about less than five minutes per day.
Participants will be asked to complete the same set of online questionnaires immediately after completing the program (post-intervention measure), and four weeks after completing the program (follow-up measure). The feedback questionnaire will be administered only post-intervention. Participants will receive either course credit or a small monetary reimbursement after completing the program and questionnaire at post-intervention and at the four weeks follow-up.
At the end of the six weeks data collection period, all participants will be debriefed about the purpose of the study. Participants in the active wait-list control condition will be given access to the body image program.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 30 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age 18-30
- •good command of the English language
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Change of baseline body image ideals
时间窗: Baseline, 9 days (completion of intervention), 4 weeks (follow-up)
Body Image Ideals Questionnaire (BIQ) is a 22-item scale that assesses body image satisfaction-dissatisfaction by measuring the degree of congruence or discrepancy of one's perceived and idealized physical attributes. On a scale from 0 (Exactly as I am) to 3 (Very unlike me), participants rate the degree they resemble their physical ideal on 11 physical attributes. Next, participants rate the importance that they attain their ideal on each physical attribute. The cross-products of the discrepancy and importance ratings for each physical attribute will be obtained and a composite BIQ score will be computed. Higher scores indicate greater disparity between one's perceived and ideal physical attributes, suggesting higher levels of body dissatisfaction. BIQ has good internal consistency, with Cronbach's α of 0.81 for males and 0.76 for females.
Change of self-compassion
时间窗: Baseline, 9 days (completion of intervention), 4 weeks (follow-up)
Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF) is a 12-item scale that measures self-compassion on six subscales. Each item is scored from 1 (Almost never) to 5 (Almost always). A total self-compassion score is a grand mean of all six subscale means, with higher scores indicating higher levels of self-compassion. The internal consistency of the scale is excellent, with Cronbach's α of 0.86.
Change of body appreciation
时间窗: Baseline, 9 days (completion of intervention), 4 weeks (follow-up)
Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a 10-item scale that assesses individuals' positive attitudes toward their bodies. Items are scored on a scale from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always). Scores on all items are averaged with higher scores indicating greater body appreciation. BAS-2 has excellent internal consistency, with Cronbach's α of 0.96 for males and 0.97 for females
Change of sociocultural attitudes towards appearance
时间窗: Baseline, 9 days (completion of intervention), 4 weeks (follow-up)
Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 Revised (SATAQ-4R) measures internalization ideals and appearance related sociocultural pressures. The seven subscales consist of 31 items for females and 28 items for males on a scale from 1 (Definitely disagree) to 5 (Definitely agree). Higher scores on each subscale indicate higher levels of internalisation and sociocultural pressures. The internal consistency of the subscales are good, with Cronbach's α of 0.82 or higher in a sample of university females and Cronbach's α of 0.75 or higher in a sample of university males.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Dr Oliver Suendermann
Deputy Director Master in Clinical Psychology Program
National University of Singapore