Trial reportThe International journal of eating disorders2017
A randomized controlled trial of The Body Project: More Than Muscles for men with body dissatisfaction.
Trial report in The International journal of eating disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluating Body Acceptance Programs for Young Men
Evaluating Body Acceptance Programs for Young Men
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The association between muscle dysmorphia and eating disorder symptomatology: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2019Pooled it
- Addressing the Negative Impact of Social Media on Body Image: An Online Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of Intervention Implementation Support for Reducing Eating Disorder Symptoms Among College Students.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention intervention for body-dissatisfied Brazilian men: results from a 1-year follow-up.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2024Trial
- An experimental test of increasing implementation support for college peer educators delivering an evidence-based prevention program.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of the Mental Health App "Intellect" to Improve Body Image and Self-compassion in Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial With a 4-Week Follow-up.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Elucidating individuals' beliefs about the severity of eating disorders and obesity: implications for public health programs.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Trial
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- Body Image, Disordered Eating, and Psychological Functioning as Prospective Predictors of Inflexible Eating.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Lessons learned from a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention targeting eating disorder symptoms in cisgender sexual minoritized men.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Muscle dysmorphia in adolescents and young adults.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2026Review
- Exploring the mediating role of motivational regulations in the relationship between body image and physical activity by sex: a structural equation modelling approach.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Cognitive restraint and body dissatisfaction are more strongly related to muscle building behaviors for men than women.Eating behaviors · 2025Article
- The global prevalence of screen-based disordered eating and associated risk factors among high school students: systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- The Role of Social Appearance Comparison in Body Dissatisfaction of Adolescent Boys and Girls.Europe's journal of psychology · 2023Article
- Prevention and early intervention in eating disorders: findings from a rapid review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- Implementation factors that predict larger effects from a peer educator delivered eating disorder prevention program at universities.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Article
- Internalization of muscularity and thinness ideals: Associations with body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and muscle dysmorphic symptoms in at risk sexual minority men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Internet-delivered eating disorders prevention program for adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes: Acceptable and feasible.Pediatric diabetes · 2022Article
- The association between negative body talk and body shame on disordered eating symptoms among college students.Eating behaviors · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivePressures for men to conform to a lean, muscular ideal have, in part, contributed to eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia symptoms, yet few programs have been developed and empirically evaluated to help men. This study investigated the acceptability and efficacy of a cognitive dissonance-based (DB) intervention in reducing eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia risk factors in men with body dissatisfaction.
methodMen were randomized to a two-session DB intervention (n = 52) or a waitlist control condition (n = 60). Participants completed validated measures assessing eating disorder risk factors preintervention, postintervention, and at 1-month follow-up.
resultsProgram ratings indicated high acceptability. The DB condition demonstrated greater decreases in body-ideal internalization, dietary restraint, bulimic symptoms, drive for muscularity, and muscle dysmorphia symptoms compared with controls (p values < .02; between-condition Cohen's d = .30-1.11) from pre- to postintervention. At one-month follow-up, the DB condition demonstrated significantly lower scores for all variables (p values < .03; between-condition d = .29-1.16). Body-ideal internalization mediated intervention outcomes on bulimic and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. DISCUSSION: Results support the acceptability and efficacy of The Body Project: More Than Muscles up to 1-month postintervention and should be examined against active control conditions.
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