A Meta-Analytic Review of Stand-Alone Interventions to Improve Body Image.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Numerous stand-alone interventions to improve body image have been developed. The present review used meta-analysis to estimate the effectiveness of such interventions, and to identify the specific change techniques that lead to improvement in body image.

Methods

The inclusion criteria were that (a) the intervention was stand-alone (i.e., solely focused on improving body image), (b) a control group was used, (c) participants were randomly assigned to conditions, and (d) at least one pretest and one posttest measure of body image was taken. Effect sizes were meta-analysed and moderator analyses were conducted. A taxonomy of 48 change techniques used in interventions targeted at body image was developed; all interventions were coded using this taxonomy.

Results

SUBMITTER: Alleva JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4587797 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature