The second trial of the EVERYbody Project explored the efficacy of the inclusive body image intervention when delivered by college peer leaders. The peer-facilitated EVERYbody Project was compared to a video and expressive writing comparison intervention through one-month follow-up.
The initial trial of the EVERYbody Project established that professional leaders could deliver a universal, inclusive body image program for college students, with benefit above and beyond a waitlist control condition. The second trial of the EVERYbody Project aimed to further evaluate the intervention using a more disseminable facilitator model: trained college student peer leaders. It also utilized a more rigorous comparison condition, where peer leaders conducted the two-session EVERYbody Project program or a time-matched video and expressive writing intervention. College students within a university in the Pacific Northwest United States were invited to participate in programming (universal intervention target). Quantitative assessment included a comparison of changes in eating disorder risk factor outcomes across randomization conditions at pre- and post-intervention and one-month follow-up. Feasibility and acceptability explored the impact of the peer delivered program within universal college student audiences.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
141
Brief behavioral intervention (4 hours across two meetings)
Brief video-based intervention (4 hours across two meetings)
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington, United States
Eating disorder symptoms
Eating disorder symptoms were assessed with the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDEQ; Fairburn \& Beglin, 1994). The Global score of the EDEQ was used in this study (average across all 28 items).
Time frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
Body dissatisfaction
The Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Body Parts Scale (SDBPS; Berscheid, Walster, \& Bohrnstedt, 1973) assessed satisfaction and dissatisfaction with nine parts of the body that are commonly endorsed as concerning (e.g., stomach, thighs, hips). The average score was used in this study (average across all 9 items).
Time frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
Internalized cultural appearance norms
The two Internalization subscales of the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4; Schaefer et al., 2015) assess internalized cultural messages surrounding appearance and attractiveness. The two internalization subscales were combined for this study (average across all 10 items), following prior research by Kilpela et al. (2016). This survey was assessed at all outcome time points (Survey 1, 2, and 3), plus midway through the intervention (following Session 1 of the program).
Time frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), following intervention Session 1 (Survey 1.B), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
Negative affect
Negative affect was assessed with 20 items from the fear, guilt, and sadness subscales of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Revised (PANAS-X; Watson \& Clark, 1992). The average of all 20 items was used in this study.
Time frame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.