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Brief Single-Session Body Neutrality Program for LGBTQ+ Adults in Central Alabama

ConditionBody Image
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAuburn University

About this trial

LGBTQ+ individuals tend to have elevated risks for eating disorders (ED), possibly due to minority stress. For LGBTQ+ individuals living in rural Alabama, they tend to experience high levels of anti-LGBTQ+ structural stigma and limited access to LGBTQ+-specific resources, which engender compounded risk for ED development and reduced access to care. Brief digital single-session intervention that incorporates psychoeducation about minority stress and body neutrality may be efficacious in reducing ED risk and improve positive body image among LGBTQ+ adults in rural areas. Prior research from another lab developed a single-session intervention (Project Body Neutrality) among LGBTQ+ adolescents indicated immediate positive changes in body image constructs and psychological well-being. The present project evaluates and adapts Project Body Neutrality, specifically for LGBTQ+ adults in a rural high-stigma, low-resource region.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

At least 18 years old,

Identify as LGBTQ+,

Currently living in one of the following AL counties: Lee, Dallas, Lowndes, Autauga, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa, Macon, or Russell

Have internet access (either via computer/tablet, mobile phone, or community center [e.g., library])

Disqualifiers

Being less than 18 years old,

Identifying as cisgender and heterosexual,

Not living in central AL,

Not having internet access.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Single session body neutrality program

    Behavioral

    Single session body neutrality program is a brief, 30-minute digital intervention program. Participants will at first be given a brief introduction to body neutrality and minority stress. Then, they will be given fictional vignettes of based on common regional examples of body image stressors for LGBTQ+ individuals and practice giving advice to them. Finally, participants are provided with their customized body neutrality action plan based on their responses during the intervention program.

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Single session body neutrality programExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Functionality Appreciation Scale

Assesses changes in functionality appreciation (7 items, 7-point scale), with higher scores indicating higher levels of functionality appreciation.

Time frame
baseline and immediately after the intervention
2

Body Image State Scale

Assesses changes in one's evaluative/affective body image states (6 items, 9-point scale), with higher scores indicating more favorable body image states.

Time frame
baseline and immediately after the intervention
3

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Negative Affect

Assesses changes in one's negative affect (20 items, 5-point scale), with higher scores indicating higher levels of negative affect.

Time frame
baseline and immediately after the intervention
4

Internalized stigma among LGBTQ+ people scale

Assesses changes in one's internalized LGBTQ+ stigma (5 items, 5-point scale), with higher scores indicating higher levels of internalized LGBTQ+ stigma.

Time frame
baseline and immediately after the intervention

Secondary outcomes

1

Objectified Body Consciousness Scale- Surveillance scale

Assesses the extent to which one monitors one's physical appearance (8 items, 7-point scale), with higher scores indicating higher levels of body monitoring.

Time frame
baseline
2

Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-10 item, 3 factor

Assesses the extent to which one endorses Dietary Restraint, Preoccupation and Eating Concern, and Shape/Weight Overvaluation (10 items, 7-point scale), with higher scores indicating higher levels of body monitoring.

Time frame
baseline
3

Everyday Discrimination Scale

Assesses the frequency one experience day-to-day discrimination (9 items, 6-point scale), with higher scores indicating higher frequency of everyday discrimination.

Time frame
baseline

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Auburn University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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