A controlled assessment of school-based preventive programs for reducing eating disorder risk factors in adolescent Spanish girls.
This study assesses the impact of an eating disorders universal preventive program on a representative sample of Spanish adolescents in the area of Barcelona, Spain. 323 adolescent girls were assigned to three experimental conditions: complete intervention, partial intervention, and non-treatment. The program obtained a significant change in reducing the influences of the aesthetic body ideal and in improving the knowledge of nutrition. Nevertheless, attained post-treatment changes dissipate at the 6 month follow-up. In our opinion, the lack of lasting effects should be attributed to a series of considerations such as format, tests not validated for this age, or insufficient research.
Raich
Rosa M
RM
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Rosa.Raich@uab.es
Sánchez-Carracedo
David
D
López-Guimerà
Gemma
G
Portell
Mariona
M
Moncada
Albert
A
Fauquet
Jordi
J
D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D003479:Curriculum; D004954:Esthetics; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain; D013851:Thinness / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology