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Body Image Experts 2.0: A mixed-methods approach to the impact of body positive and body neutral content on adolescents

Body Image Experts 2.0: A mixed-methods approach to the impact of body positive and body neutral content on adolescents - Body Image Experts 2.0

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00033198
Enrollment
49
Registered
2024-01-04
Start date
2024-03-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

Not applicable, healthy test persons

Interventions

Group 1: Body Positivity-Instagram content (4 videos a 60 sec) Group 2: Body Neutrality-Instagram content (4 videos a 60 sec)

Sponsors

Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie der Universitätsmedizin Mainz
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Grade 8 students (female or read as female) - Informed consent of the participants - Informed consent of the legal guardians

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. In a focus group survey of N = 49 female students in year 8 of a comprehensive school, general expectations of helpful contributions are recorded and the extent to which the contributions made are classified in the two categories of body positivity and neutrality and possible wishes for change are asked. 2. Change in current body satisfaction in both arms (Equivalence hypothesis) 2a. Change in current body dissatisfaction, measured using the Body Image States Scales (BISS) 2b. Change in current body acceptance, measured using a visual analog scale (VAS) 2c. Change in the current appreciation of the body, measured using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) 2d. Change in the current appreciation of the functionality of the body, measured using a visual analog scale (VAS)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Non-deterioration in general appreciation of the body, measured via the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) and in general appreciation of the functionality of the body, measured via the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHanna Preuss-van Viersen

Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie der Universitätsmedizin Mainz

hannamaren.preuss@unimedizin-mainz.de0049-(0)6131 17-3282

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026