Body image dissatisfaction, self-esteem, psychosocial well-being, help-seeking behaviors Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
A parallel three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial in nine towns across the UK with three towns in each condition (assessment only control
website unstructured
tailored pathway through website).
Assessment-only control: Mothers and daughters will not view the Dove Self-Esteem Website For Parents and will complete self-report questionnaires only.
Website-as
Sponsors
Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Mother-daughter dyads meeting the following criteria: 1. Daughter aged 11-14 years old 2. Mother and daughter speak English and have lived in the UK for at least 10 years 3. Mothers identify at least one of eight key body image related issues as being relevant to their daughter 4. Mothers and daughters use the internet at least every 4-5 days 5. Mothers have not taken part in three or more market research studies in their lifetime, and none in the previous 6 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Daughter not aged 11-14 years old 2. Mother and daughter do not speak English or have not lived in the UK for at least 10 years 3. Mothers do not identify body image as being relevant to their daughter. 4. Mothers and daughters do not use the internet at least once every 4-5 days. 5. Mothers have taken part in three or more market research studies in their lifetime, and/or have taken part in studies in the previous 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Body image assessed via self-report questionnaires pre-exposure to the website, 2 weeks post-exposure, 6 weeks post-exposure and 12-months post-exposure. Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents & Adults (Mendelson, Mendelson, & White, 2001) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes include risk factors for body image, mother-daughter relationship measures, related psychosocial outcomes, help-seeking behaviours and process outcomes measured at the same time-points as the primary outcome measures (unless otherwise stated – see last paragraph). Risk factor outcome measures: 1. Internalisation of appearance ideals; Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (Thompson, van den Berg, Roehrig, Guarda, & Heinberg, 2004) 2. Perceived appearance-related sociocultural pressures; Purpose-built measure derived from existing scales of sociocultural pressures (e.g., Stice & Bearman, 2001; Thompson et al., 2004) 3. Appearance-related social comparisons; Social Comparison to Models and Peers Scale (Jones, 2001)-Adapted. 4. Appearance-related teasing; Project EAT-III Teasing Scale (Neumark-Sztainer et al., 2007) - Adapted. Daughter-only measure. 5. Appearance-related conversations with friends; Appearance Conversations with Friends subscale of the Culture Among Friends (Jones, Vigfusdottir, & Lee, 2004) 6. Negative Body Talk Scale (Engeln-Maddox et al., 2012) Dyadic outcome measures: 1. Maternal pressures towards appearance; Maternal Pressures Scale (Corning et al., 2010) – Adapted. 2. Frequency of conversations about body image between mothers and daughters; Purpose-built measure Psychosocial and disordered eating-related outcome measures: 1. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (Ebesutani et al., 2012) 2. Self-esteem; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Shortened (Neumark-Sztainer et al., 2007; Rosenberg, 1965) 3. Dietary restraint; Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, (van Strien, Frijters, Bergers, & Defares, 1986) 4. Eating disorder symptoms; SCOFF (Morgan, Reid, & Lacey, 1999) 5. Life engagement; Purpose-built measure 6. Help-seeking behaviours in relation to body image; Purpose-built measure Mother and daughter process evaluation outcomes will be assessed post-intervention only via purpose-built self-report | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactPhillippa Diedrichs
Outcome results
None listed