None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Social media can contribute to negative body image and disordered eating attitudes and behaviours. To address this, we developed the Reshape intervention which seeks to reduce body and eating concerns and support safe and positive social media use. This study aims to evaluate the Reshape intervention compared to waitlist control in improving body image and reducing disordered eating. It also seeks to improve social media use and mitigate other related harms, such as depression.
Interventions
The Reshape intervention seeks to reduce body dissatisfaction and providing advice and strategies around using social media in a safe way (including building resilience through social media literacy skills). The program presents visual and audio content and participants will work through 3 modules, 1 per week. Each module takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete, plus a homework/reflective activity (~10 minutes for each). An example of a homework/reflective activity is to try using some sel
The Reshape intervention seeks to reduce body dissatisfaction and providing advice and strategies around using social media in a safe way (including building resilience through social media literacy skills). The program presents visual and audio content and participants will work through 3 modules, 1 per week. Each module takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete, plus a homework/reflective activity (~10 minutes for each). An example of a homework/reflective activity is to try using some self-prescribed strategies to improve their social media experience over the week. Some strategies include identifying and following positive accounts, or practicing mindfulness while using social media. The program is accessed through an online website. Participants are instructed to work through the modules independently at their own pace and complete homework/reflection activities where necessary. A self-compassion lens is used throughout. Broadly, the intervention covers the following topics: (1) Social media is not real – discussion and activities around social comparisons, (2) Unpacking social media messages - how to spot subtle messaging and avoid getting manipulated. (3) Values at the core - exploring their values and how their social media use can more closely align with these. Online platform/website analytics records participant engagement with modules.
Sponsors
Deakin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Prevention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be: 18 years or older, fluent English speakers, social media users, living in Australia, experiencing body/eating concerns. This latter criterion will be determined using the 6-item InsideOut Institute-Screener (IOI-S; Bryant et al., 2021). The IOI-S is a digital screening tool designed to assess broad eating disorder risk and symptomatology, validated for individuals aged 14 and over. It covers six facets of common eating disorder psychopathology including an individual’s relationship with food, the extent to which body shape and weight determines self-worth, preoccupation with food or body weight, food-related anxiety, loss of control overeating, and compensatory behaviour. It is not a diagnostic tool or comprehensive assessment, but can be used to indicate moderate risk of significant body and eating concerns (>13; Bryant et al., 2023) - hence we used this cut-off.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed