Two eating disorder preventive interventions reduce attentional biases in body-dissatisfied university women: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 90(12), Dec 2022, 911-924; doi:10.1037/ccp0000768Objective: This cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of participation in the Body Project—a cognitive-dissonance-based preventive intervention that reduces self-reported body dissatisfaction—for reducing body-dissatisfaction-related attentional biases. We hypothesized that women in a Body Project condition would show a greater reduction in attentional biases to weight-related images and words at postintervention than women in a wait-list control condition. Method: Body-dissatisfied university women (N = 168; Mage = 20.50 ± 3.37 years; 42.0% White; MBMI = 23.08 ± 4.45 kg/m²) were randomly assigned to a Body Project, media psychoeducation (i.e., active control), or wait-list control condition. We assessed attentional biases via eye-gaze tracking and body satisfaction using the Body Shape Questionnaire, at baseline and postintervention. Results: Self-reported outcomes from previous literature were replicated. Compared to wait-list, Body Project participation reduced attention to images of thin models (ps

Source: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research