ERIC Number: EJ859892
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Publication Date: 2009-Oct
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An Effectiveness Trial of a Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for High-Risk Adolescent Girls
Stice, Eric; Rohde, Paul; Gau, Jeff; Shaw, Heather
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v77 n5 p825-834 Oct 2009
Efficacy trials indicate that an eating disorder prevention program involving dissonance-inducing activities that decrease thin-ideal internalization reduces risk for current and future eating pathology, yet it is unclear whether this program produces effects under real-world conditions. The present effectiveness trial tested whether this program produced effects when school staff recruit participants and deliver the intervention. Adolescent girls with body image concerns (N = 306; M age = 15.7, SD = 1.1) randomized to the dissonance intervention showed significantly greater decreases in thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dieting attempts, and eating disorder symptoms from pretest to posttest than did those assigned to a psychoeducational brochure control condition, with the effects for body dissatisfaction, dieting, and eating disorder symptoms persisting through 1-year follow-up. Effects were slightly smaller than those observed in a prior efficacy trial, suggesting that this program is effective under real-world conditions, but that facilitator selection, training, and supervision could be improved. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Self Concept, Prevention, Eating Disorders, Pathology, At Risk Persons, Outcomes of Treatment, Human Body, Dietetics, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Supervision, Program Effectiveness
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