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School-Based Body Image Concerns Prevention

NCT07189559 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 449

Last updated 2025-10-02

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Summary

The present study, sought to adapt Digital Bodies (a single-session intervention promoted in the United Kingdom (Bell et al., 2022) for the Italian school context and to assess its effectiveness as a single-session intervention aimed at challenging unrealistic appearance ideals and appearance-related pressures within social media environments. The study includes a cluster randomized controlled trial with two assessment points (baseline, post-intervention and 8-week follow-up) comparing the "Digital Bodies" program to a no-intervention control group. To ensure that all students benefit from the intervention, the control group received the intervention after the 8 weeks.

Conditions

  • Wait List Control
  • Intervention Program

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Digital Bodies

The Digital Bodies intervention consists of a one-hour interactive session. The core of the intervention involves the use of cognitive dissonance techniques and the development of critical literacy skills to encourage adolescents to critically reflect on appearance ideals, as well as to foster the skills needed to challenge such ideals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Villa Garda Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-06
Primary Completion
2025-05-29
Completion
2025-05-29

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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