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Trial reportBMC psychology2023

Engagement with body image health promotion videos in adult men and women: differences between narrative, informational, and persuasive appeal approaches.

Jo R Doley, Siân A McLean

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jo R DoleyInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC, 8001, Australia. Jo.doley@vu.edu.au.
Siân A McLeanSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
La Trobe University · AUVictoria University · AU

Funding

Australian Rotary Health NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBody dissatisfaction is a public health issue, however, low awareness of its seriousness, and stigma, may inhibit treatment seeking. The current study evaluated engagement with videos promoting awareness of body dissatisfaction using a persuasive communication approach.

methodMen (n = 283) and women (n = 290) were randomly allocated to view one of five videos; (1) Narrative, (2) Narrative plus persuasive appeal, (3) Informational, (4) Informational plus persuasive appeal and (5) Persuasive appeal only. Engagement (relevance, interest, and compassion) was examined post-viewing.

resultsAmong both men and women, superior engagement ratings (in compassion for women, and relevance and compassion for men) were demonstrated for the persuasive appeal and informational videos relative to narrative approaches.

conclusionVideos using clear and factual approaches may promote engagement in body image health promotion videos. Further work should be done to examine interest in such videos specific to men.

Indexed as

Body ImagePersuasive CommunicationAdultFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleNarrationSocial StigmaBody dissatisfactionEngagementPersuasive communicationSocial marketing

Identifiers

PMID36991488
PMCPMC10061748
OpenAlexW4361296465

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