Eating Disorders Programs: An Indicated Trial
Body Image, Eating Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Body Image
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participant indicates sub-threshold or threshold eating disorder.
- Participant is available to participate in the intervention sessions.
- Participants must be MRI eligible.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participant does not indicate sub-threshold or threshold eating disorder.
- Participant is unable to attend intervention sessions.
- Participant cannot participate if MRI ineligible.
Sites / Locations
- Oregon Research Institute
- Drexel University
- The University of Texas
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Counter-attitudinal therapy
Educational-support group
Counter-attitudinal therapy (CAT) is dissonance-based group intervention. CAT consists of behavioral, written, and verbal exercises in which participants discuss the costs of pursuing the thin ideal and behaviors that are used to pursue the thin ideal. The intervention is 8 sessions long (1-hr each) and is administered by a trained facilitator who uses an intervention script. Participants will be asked to complete weekly home exercises throughout the course of the intervention.
The educational support group intervention that is representative of typical treatment groups offered at universities and community settings. For the current study, the educational support group was designed to match the dissonance group on treatment modality (group-based), duration (8 1-hr sessions), and use of an intervention script administered by a trained facilitator. In the intervention sessions, participants will be provided with a basic education about eating disorders, support for themselves and fellow group members, and learn mindfulness techniques.Participants will be asked to complete weekly homework assignments.