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Trial reportScandinavian journal of psychology2021

Two randomized controlled trials of the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy-based educational course for body shape dissatisfaction.

Kerim Selvi, Thomas Parling, Brjánn Ljótsson, Elisabeth Welch, Ata Ghaderi

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Trial report in Scandinavian journal of psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kerim SelviDivision of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-4449
Thomas ParlingCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-598X
Brjánn LjótssonDivision of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8086-1668
Elisabeth WelchCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ata GhaderiDivision of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8483-7964

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main aim of this project was to explore the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based educational course in different formats (i.e., pure and guided self-help with different durations, and guided self-help with and without access to a discussion forum) for body shape dissatisfaction. Two randomized controlled studies (RCT) were carried out. In the first RCT, the participants were randomized to a 12- or 16-week guided self-help, a 16-week pure self-help, or a waitlist control condition. In the second RCT, the efficacy of 12-week guided self-help with or without access to a discussion forum was investigated. ACT-based self-help resulted in promising improvements in body shape dissatisfaction, and modest effects on general health indicators (i.e., symptom of depression, self-esteem, satisfaction with life, and quality of life). The findings also showed no additional effects of support, access to the online discussion forum, and longer duration of self-help, suggesting the 12-week self-help with or without support is a viable option for reducing body shape dissatisfaction.

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Acceptance and Commitment TherapyAdolescentAdultBody Dysmorphic DisordersFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicPersonal SatisfactionQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeYoung Adultacceptance and commitment therapyBody shape dissatisfactiondiscussion forumeducational courseguided and pure self-helprandomized controlled trial

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PMID32979230
PMCPMC8048455

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