ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Adapting the body project to a non-western culture: a dissonance-based eating disorders prevention program for Saudi women.
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- An experimental test of increasing implementation support for college peer educators delivering an evidence-based prevention program.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Collective responsibility and ecological thinking in eating disorders: moving beyond individualistic models of illness and recovery.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Recent Innovations in Eating Disorder Prevention and Early Intervention.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Lack of association between food insecurity, eating disorders, and orthorexia nervosa: findings from a cross-sectional study in Lebanon.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of virtually delivered Body Project groups to prevent eating disorders in young women at risk: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Implementation factors that predict larger effects from a peer educator delivered eating disorder prevention program at universities.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Article
- A feasibility study of the delivery of online brief cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-T) for eating disorder pathology in the workplace.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of the Body Project eating disorder prevention program for different racial and ethnic groups and an evaluation of the potential benefits of ethnic matching.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Article
- Application of implementation science frameworks to inform the adaptation process of an evidence-based eating disorder prevention program for high-risk perinatal individuals.Implementation research and practiceArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe main aim of this study was to test the feasibility of an adapted version of the Body Project for young Saudi women as their eating and body issues are comparable to western culture and linked to internalization of westernization. The study also aims to assess predictors of attrition and preliminary effectiveness.
methodThe intervention was adapted to local culture in collaboration with a co-director of the Body Project Collaborative. 48 Saudi undergraduate females were recruited, mean age was 19.16 years (SD = 1.23), baseline BMI was (M = 24.42, SD = 5.46). Eating pathology, body image, and comorbidities were assessed pre and post the intervention with adapted self-report measures.
resultsThe Body Project is feasible for young Saudi women. Participants were willing to enrol, they found the intervention useful, understandable, and enjoyable. There was no difference between completers and non-completers. The preliminary effect sizes are similar or higher than other effectiveness trials in other cultures.
conclusionA cognitive dissonance-based eating disorders prevention can be applicable across cultures where westernization is an influence. The effectiveness is yet to be affirmed. Future research is needed to investigate effectiveness in further robust studies and a bigger sample. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: Level IV (evidence obtained from multiple time series with or without the intervention, such as case studies. Dramatic results in uncontrolled trials might also be regarded as this type of evidence).
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