SynthesisJournal of prevention (2022)2022
School-Based Interventions Improve Body Image and Media Literacy in Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Journal of prevention (2022), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06076993 (Effectiveness of the BodyKind School-based Body Image Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers.
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Effectiveness of the BodyKind School-based Body Image Intervention: a Cluster Randomised Control Trial
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Daily Body (Dis-)Satisfaction and Dietary Restriction in Women Across the Eating Disorder Spectrum.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Exploring the role of non-formal training in an international youth mobility on young adult's perception of appearance and dental aesthetics.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Affective reactivity to upward social comparisons rather than social media use predicts increases in early adolescents' depressive symptoms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Unpacking the indirect association between problematic short-form video use and appearance anxiety.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Digital Ecosystems, Children, and Adolescents: Technical Report.Pediatrics · 2026Review
- Causes and intervention strategies for appearance anxiety: a critical review of recent advances.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- The impacts of a justice-focused body image program for early adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- How do people with lived experience of Anorexia Nervosa and mental health professionals working with people with eating disorders conceptualise recovery?Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Body image perception and dieting among "screenagers" in Poland.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2025Article
- Yoga as a therapeutic intervention for body image in the pediatric population: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
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- Secular trends in body weight perception among Norwegian adolescents: a 28-year cross-sectional analysis (1994-2022).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Excessive smartphone use, smartphone dependency and body image distortion in Korean adolescents.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- Gender-based analysis of body dissatisfaction among youths in Singapore: findings from the National Youth Mental Health Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effects of Media Literacy Intervention on Weight-Control Products Digital Marketing Targeting Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comprehensive Scoping Review on Body Image Perceptions and Influences in Children and Adolescents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Digital technology in national curricula: a dialogue among Iberoamerican countries.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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Abstract
Body ideals conveyed by the media and by body comparisons often result in body dissatisfaction, which can cause risky health behaviours and eating disorders, especially in adolescents. We conducted a meta-analytic review of existing school-based interventions designed to enhance media literacy in order to reduce body dissatisfaction and to promote a positive body image. We included controlled trials examining children and adolescents from grade five to nine (age 10-15 years) after a manual search and a comprehensive literature search using PsycINFO, Medline, Web of Science, and CENTRAL. We computed average weighted effect sizes (Hedges' g) with the help of a random effects model and identified seventeen different programme evaluations with 7392 participants. We found a significantly larger effect on positive body image and media literacy in the intervention compared to control groups. However, heterogeneity was substantial for both outcomes. Results suggest that media literacy interventions have the potential to improve media literacy and reduce body dissatisfaction. Interventions that worked with the principle of induction of cognitive dissonance were the most effective.
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