ArticleHealth psychology and behavioral medicine2024
More than my appearance: a pilot evaluation of the expand your Horizon Online functionality-based writing programme for adults with visible differences.
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- Expand Your Horizon: Testing a Brief Writing Intervention Focused on Body Functionality Among Adolescent Girls With an Eating Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Trial
- Translation and Validation of the Functionality Satisfaction and the Functionality Intent Scales in a French Sample.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Mechanisms linking international leisure sport tourism to mental health and subjective well-being: evidence from a three-wave mixed-effects model.BMC public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Adults with conditions that affect their appearance, known as visible differences, can experience appearance concerns, social anxiety, and depression. Interventions have been developed for this population to facilitate adjustment and coping skills; however, they have limited evidence of efficacy. The Expand Your Horizon [Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., Van Breukelen, G. J., Jansen, A., & Karos, K. (2015). Expand Your Horizon: A programme that improves body image and reduces self-objectification by training women to focus on body functionality. Method: A pilot randomised controlled trial with a wait-list control group was carried out to assess preliminary intervention efficacy and gain information about the acceptability and feasibility of the programme. Forty-four adults aged 21-63 years ( Results: Participants reported enjoying the programme, felt that the format was acceptable, and it significantly increased functionality appreciation, which was maintained at three-months. However, there were no improvements in body appreciation, depression, and anxiety. Conclusions: In future, a full trial should be carried out with an active control group.
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