In addition to young people from the general population, adolescents with anorexia nervosa (F50.00, F50.01, F50.1) or other mental illnesses and high body dissatisfaction F50.0 F50.1
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Digital single-session intervention on body neutrality called “Project Body Neutrality”
Sponsors
Kinder- und Jugendabteilung für Psychische Gesundheit des Universitätsklinikums Erlangen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 20 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Applies only to the clinical subsample: n = 20 adolescent female patients (age 13;0 - 17;11 years) with anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa (diagnosis according to ICD-10) and n = 20 other adolescents with other mental disorders and high body dissatisfaction (in the clinical impression and in the EDI-2 subscale “body dissatisfaction” (PR = 85)) are planned.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion will take place in the event of insufficient knowledge of the German language. Only applies to the clinical subsample: Exclusion - due to known cognitive impairments - in the case of severe underweight (< 3rd BMI age percentile), an additional diagnosis of active psychosis, use of heavily sedating medication or insufficient knowledge of the German language.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary aim of the present pilot study is (1) to test the feasibility and acceptability (assessed via an adapted version of the Program Feedback Scale; Smith, Ahuvia, Ito, & Schleider, 2023 and via the Expectation of Improvement and Suitability of Treatment Form, EIST; Agras, Walsh, Fairburn, Wilson, & Kraemer, 2000) of a brief digital intervention to improve body image in adolescents and young adults with and without eating disorders. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In addition, it will be investigated whether the intervention leads to an improvement in (2) current body satisfaction (measured using the German version of the Body Image States Scale, BISS, Cash, Fleming, Alindogan, Steadman, & Whitehead, 2002; German version by Vocks et al, 2007), (3) mood (measured using the German version of a short inventory according to Wilhelm and Schoebi, Wilhelm & Schoebi, 2007), (4) appreciation of the functions of one's own body (measured using the German version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale, FAS; Alleva, Tylka, & Kroon Van Diest, 2017; German version by Kranner & Tran, 2021), (4) the ability to recognize the functions of one's own body (measured using the German version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale, FAS; Alleva, Tylka, & Kroon Van Diest, 2017; German version by Kranner & Tran, 2021) and (5) the appreciation of one's own body (measured using the German version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2, BAS-2; Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015; German version by Behrend & Warschburger, 2022) in the adolescents and young adults immediately after and one week after the intervention. Moreover, following Naumann and colleagues (Naumann, Svaldi, Wyschka, Heinrichs, & von Dawans, 2018), body acceptance, mood and stress are to be recorded using 6 items on a VAS ranging from 0 = “not at all easy or not at all or negative” to 100 = “very easy or very or positive”. Additionally, on an exploratory level, it will be investigated whether there are significant differences in the above-mentioned variables between the convenience sample and the clinical subsample. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHanna Preuss-van Viersen
Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie der Universitätsmedizin Mainz
Outcome results
None listed