Online Body Image Single-Session Interventions

INTERVENTION: Following completion of baseline demographic questions and state and trait measures, participants are randomly allocated to one of three interventions or a control group. All three interventions are Single Session Interventions (SSI), brief interventions that require no more than 30 minutes to complete. One of the interventions has been adapted from an existing SSI, Project Personality https://osf.io/259jv/ The other two single session interventions were created for this study are thus new content, not available from another source. All three SSIs are delivered using the Qualtrics platform and are completely online, individual, and self‐paced (not guided). The content on Qualtrics includes text and images presented on embedded Powerpoint slides. The questions during each SSI included qualitative reflections, in part to check comprehension. Quantitative items are also included at the end of each SSI as a manipulation check (for example rating how much various components were covered to check understanding). Qualtrics also collects data on question completion and time spent completing tasks. The Body Neutrality SSI starts by asking participants to help the researchers work on way to help improve body image for young people. Psychoeducation about body image is provided, followed by an overview of body neutrality. Examples of young people learning about body neutrality are provided. The SSI then covers strategies to increase body neutrality and encourages participants to participant in tasks at each step, including responding to body image thoughts and feelings with mindfulness, appreciating the body's functionality, caring and respecting the body, acknowledging that self‐worth encompasses many things (de‐emphasising the role appearance has in self‐worth), and prac CONDITION: Body image dissatisfaction; ; Body image dissatisfaction Mental Health ‐ Other mental health disorders PRIMARY OUTCOME: Trait body image flexibility, measured using the Body Image Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BIAAQ; Ferreira, Pinto‐Gouveia, & Duarte, 2011)[Baseline and 1‐week follow‐up] Trait depressive symptoms as measured by the depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales 21 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)[Baseline and 1‐week follow‐up] Trait eating disorder psychopathology, measured using the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (Fairburn & Beglin, 1994)[Baseline and 1‐week follow‐up] INCLUSION CRITERIA: First year university students who have increased weight concern, as measured by a score of 47 or more on the Weight Concerns Scale (Killen et al., 1994) SECONDARY OUTCOME: Acceptability of each SSI (quantitative rating of how much each concept is liked using a 5‐point Likert scale, qualitative responses to describe rating and to provide feedback on what could be improved. Questions designed for purpose of the study, for example "Why did you give this rating (out of 5)? You might like to tell us the things you like or dislike about body neutrality") [Post‐intervention (immediately after completing the intervention)] State body image satisfaction, as measured by the Body Image State Scale (Cash et al., 2002)[Baseline and post‐intervention (immediately after completing the intervention)] State hope, as measured by the State Hope Scale (Synder et al., 1996)[Baseline and post‐intervention (immediately after completing the intervention)] State mood, as measured by the Positive And Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1998)[Baseline and post‐intervention (immediately after completing the intervention)] Trait hope, as measured by the Trait Hope Scale (Synder et al., 1991)[Baseline and 1‐week follow‐up] Trait self‐efficacy, as measured by the Self‐Efficacy Scale (Sherer et al., 1982)[Baseline and 1‐week follow‐up] Trait social media use, as measured by the Appearance Subscale of the Motivations for Social Media Use Scale (Rodgers et al., 2020). [Baseline and 1‐week follow‐up]