ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
Effect of an education and mindfulness-based physical activity intervention for the promotion of positive body image in Lithuanian female students.
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- Effects of different exercise types on body image in females: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the effectiveness of unstandardized mindfulness interventions in improving dietary and physical activity outcomes in healthy adults.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution (MBES) for Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes in Nutrition Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomised Clinical Trial.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Trial
- Physical Activity and Negative Emotional States Among Female College Students: A Three-Wave Cross-Lagged Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The effect of mindfulness-based intervention on mother's body image and maternal fetal attachment.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Relationship between body positivity and body neutrality with body image, self-esteem, mindfulness and gratitude.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Multidimensional Assessment of Athletic and Non-Athletic Female Students Through Analysis of BMI, Body Perception, Objectification, and Attitudes Towards the Ideal Body.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Body Appreciation, Weight Status, and Weight Management Practices Among First-Year Students at Universities of Applied Sciences in Lithuania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Effects of physical exercise on mindfulness level among female college students: the mediating effect of mobile phone addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A scoping review of physical activity interventions to support the mental health of students aged 16 to 25.Discover public health · 2025Review
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- Consumers' body image expressions: Reflection of a Snow White or an Evil Queen.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Mediating Role of Body Acceptance in Explaining the Relation of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Mindful Eating to Body Image in Gay Men and Bisexual Men.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Influences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Intuitive Exercise and Physical Activity among College Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of an 8-week classroom education and mindfulness-based physical activity intervention for the promotion of positive body image in female students.
methodsA quasi-experimental study was carried out with 110 Lithuanian female students (mean age 21.5 ± 3.5, range 19-35 years). Thirty students voluntarily participated in the intervention programme and 80 students volunteered in the assessment-only control group. The intervention comprised five cognitive behavioural therapy classroom education sessions and mindfulness-based exercise (one exercise workout per week). The intervention group was evaluated with a pre-test and post-test and the control group completed measures at parallel times.
resultsCompared with the control group participants, the intervention group participants reported greater improvements in positive body image and a reduction in body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness and internalisation of stereotyped beauty ideals, with medium to large effects. There were significant time × group interactions for pre-test to post-test changes in internalisation of beauty ideals, body area satisfaction, body dissatisfaction and body appreciation. In all cases, the interaction reflected greater pre-test to post-test changes in the intervention group compared with the control group, whose scores remained stable. A decrease in appearance orientation, overweight preoccupation, disordered eating and physical activity was observed in the control group, but the effect sizes were low.
conclusionThe preliminary findings of this study support the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy methods and mindfulness-based exercise intervention aimed to promote positive body image in student-aged women. Future studies should test the efficacy of the introduced programme in larger randomised samples of young women. LEVEL IV: Evidence obtained from multiple time series with or without an intervention.
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