This study will perform a clinical trial with adolescents to pilot a new cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for weight-related bullying testing (1) feasibility, (2) acceptability, and (3) initial efficacy. The treatment will be conducted via audio/video telehealth.
Youth with obesity are more likely to be bullied than healthy-weight peers and weight-related bullying is the most common form of bullying. Treating bullying during childhood could reduce immediate and long-term health consequences, but there are no established individual-level treatments for weight-related bullying despite recommendations that they could improve children's health. This study will develop and test a new treatment for adolescents (11-17 years old) who have experienced bullying due to weight. The treatment will address traumatic stress and potentially co-occurring or developing problems with unhealthy weight-control behaviors, disordered eating, and weight. The treatment will be conducted via audio/video telehealth to increase accessibility and is therefore available to anyone in the United States who meets eligibility criteria.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for weight-related bullying delivered by audio/video telehealth.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Stress
Reductions in traumatic stress as measured by the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (total; scores range from 0 to 65 with higher scores indicative of more traumatic stress)
Time frame: post (3 months)
Body Dissatisfaction
Reductions in body dissatisfaction (weight and shape dissatisfaction) as measured by the brief Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (scores range from 0 to 6; higher scores are indicative of more concern)
Time frame: post (3 months)
Overvaluation
Reductions in overvaluation of shape/weight as measured by the brief Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (scores range from 0 to 6; higher scores are indicative of more concern)
Time frame: post (3 months)
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