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Increasing Motivation to Reduce Restriction

NCT06598111 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 126

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

The goal of this experiment is to learn how to effectively increase motivation to reduce dietary restriction among young adults engaging in clinically significant restrictive eating. The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* Does imagining a future without restrictive eating increase motivation to reduce restrictive eating?
* Does imagining a future without restrictive eating reduce actual restrictive eating behavior?
* Is it more motivating to think about long-term benefits of reducing dietary restriction, or to focus on short-term consequences of dietary restriction?

Researchers will compare (1) amplifying the possible benefits of reducing restrictive eating, (2) amplifying the negative consequences of restrictive eating, or (3) both is more effective for increasing motivation to reduce dietary restriction over a one-week period.

Participants will:

* Complete daily measures of eating disorder symptoms and motivation for 7 days
* Write a narrative describing a day in the future without restrictive eating and read this narrative aloud daily for 7 days
* Be presented with information regarding the negative consequences of dietary restriction daily for 7 days

Conditions

  • Restrictive Eating

Interventions

OTHER

Amplified Benefits

Participants write a brief, detailed narrative describing a day in their future if they did not restrict their caloric intake and were not concerned about their body weight or shape.

OTHER

Amplified Consequences

Participants complete the Pros and Cons of Anorexia scale to amplify the consequences of restrictive eating. They are also presented with blurbs about the consequences of restrictive eating.

OTHER

Control

Participants write a brief narrative considering a future free of concern about finances.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Florida State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-18
Primary Completion
2024-03-05
Completion
2024-03-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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