title: Testing a dissonance body image intervention among young girls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Body image and eating disorder interventions based on cognitive dissonance have been shown to be effective among girls and women aged 14 and above. This article reports a preliminary examination of whether a dissonance intervention is also effective when delivered in a school setting to 12- and 13-year-old girls in the United Kingdom.
  
  
  METHODS
  Girls (N = 106, mean age = 12.07 years, SD = .27) were allocated to the intervention condition or a waitlist control.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In contrast to the control group, girls in the intervention condition reported significant reductions in body dissatisfaction and internalization of a thin body ideal post-intervention. There was no significant change in self-reported dietary restraint for either condition. In addition, compared with the control group, girls in the intervention condition showed increased resilience to negative media effects 1-month post-intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggests that dissonance based programs can reduce body dissatisfaction, internalization and negative media effects among a younger group of girls than previously examined and in a United Kingdom school setting.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Halliwell
authors.affiliation: Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England.
authors.forename: Phillippa C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Diedrichs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom