title: Dissonance thin-ideal and didactic healthy behavior eating disorder prevention programs: results from a controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Negative body image, a common problem among college-age women in the United States, strongly correlates with low self-esteem, disturbed eating behavior, and eating disorders. Psychoeducational programs have inconsistently shown improvement in body image, thin-ideal internalization, eating behaviors, psychosocial functioning, and self-esteem.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the current study, college women with body image concerns (N = 84) were randomly assigned to a cognitive dissonance-based, thin-ideal internalization, single-session workshop (DTI; n = 26); a psychoeducational, healthy behavior, single-session workshop (HB; n = 24); or a wait-list control (WL; n = 34).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comparing baseline data with 4-week follow-up data, results indicated that both DTI and HB participants reported improvement in body image, thin-ideal internalization, and eating behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results provide evidence that both interventions effectively reduce risk factors for eating pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. jamatuse@mtholyoke.edu
authors.forename: Jill Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Matusek
authors.forename: Sally J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wendt
authors.forename: Claire V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Wiseman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013334:Students; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014495:Universities