SynthesisClinical psychology review2019
Meta-analytic review of dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs: Intervention, participant, and facilitator features that predict larger effects.
Synthesis in Clinical psychology review, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06139601 (A Single Session Community-Based Body Empowerment Session), which is not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Single Session Community-Based Body Empowerment Session
Who cites it
52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- School-Based Interventions Improve Body Image and Media Literacy in Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2022Pooled it
- Who benefits from a digital intervention for appearance concerns? A randomized controlled trial of a large mixed-gender sample.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Addressing the Negative Impact of Social Media on Body Image: An Online Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Diabetes body project eating disorder prevention program-Descriptive content analysis of participant and facilitator feedback in a multinational randomized controlled trial.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2025Trial
- 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
- A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of two eating disorders prevention interventions: the HEIDI BP-HW project.BMC women's health · 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
- Dissonance-based eating disorder prevention improves intuitive eating: a randomized controlled trial for Brazilian women with body dissatisfaction.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Trial
- A randomized trial of online single-session interventions for adolescent depression during COVID-19.Nature human behaviour · 2022Trial
- Trial
- Body Image Disturbance and Body Dissatisfaction in Sisters of Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa: A Narrative Review and a Preliminary Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
- Effects of a School-Based Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Intervention on Drive for Thinness and Body Esteem Among Late School-Age Girls.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- SMILE body project: protocol for a randomized controlled trial of an online eating disorder prevention program in young women with psychiatric disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Digital Ecosystems, Children, and Adolescents: Technical Report.Pediatrics · 2026Review
- 'It shows me mental health things … and keeps spamming diets': a qualitative, spatial perspective on how people with eating disorders experience algorithms shaping their movement across social media.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Efficacy of interventions to prevent eating disorders in people with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- The Association Between Body Image and Depression: Historical Evolution and Recent Research Progress.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Review
- The impacts of a justice-focused body image program for early adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Expanding the Scope of Open Weighing to Target Anxiety About the Consequences of Weight Gain in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
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Abstract
Many trials have provided support for dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs. This meta-analytic review characterized the average intervention effects and tested whether various intervention, participant, and facilitator features correlated with larger effects to guide implementation of optimally effective versions of this program. We identified 56 trials that evaluated 68 dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs (7808 participants). Average intervention effect sizes (d) relative to minimal intervention control conditions and credible alternative interventions (respectively) were 0.57 and 0.31 for thin-ideal internalization, 0.42 and 0.18 for body dissatisfaction, 0.37 and 0.17 for dieting, 0.29 and 0.21 for negative affect, and 0.31 and 0.13 for eating disorder symptoms. As hypothesized, effects were larger for interventions with more dissonance-inducing activities, more group sessions, and larger group sizes, as well as when delivered in-person versus on-line, sessions were recorded, participation was voluntary, body dissatisfaction was required, participants were mid-adolescents or adults (versus older adolescence), there were more ethnic minority participants, groups were led by clinicians versus researchers and at least two facilitators, and when facilitators received more training and supervision. Unexpectedly from a dissonance-induction perspective, effects were larger when participants were compensated. Results offer directions for maximizing the benefits of implementation efforts with dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs, and may hold lessons for preventing other public health problems with dissonance-based interventions.
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