Trial of a psychoeducational eating disturbance intervention for college women: a replication and extension.
OBJECTIVE
We conducted a controlled trial of a psychoeducational eating disturbance intervention to replicate the positive findings observed in the preliminary evaluation of this intervention and to determine whether the effects persist for a longer follow-up period.


METHODS
College women who took the psychoeducational class and a matched control sample of students (N = 95) completed pretest, posttest, and 6-month follow-up surveys.


RESULTS
Intervention participants showed significantly greater reductions in thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dieting, and eating disorder symptoms, as well as significantly less weight gain, relative to matched controls over the study period. Intervention effects tended to be larger at 6-month follow-up than at posttest.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that the intervention effects for eating disorder risk factors and eating disorder symptoms, as well as the weight gain prevention effects, are reproducible and persist over time. This intervention has both mental health and public health significance.
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. stice@psy.utexas.edu
Eric
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Stice
Kendra
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Orjada
Jennifer
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Tristan
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities
D004041:Dietary Fats