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NCT Number: NCT03216018

Prevention Program Promoting Self Resilience, Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescents

The study is a group randomized controlled trial. High school classes were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a Randomization function in Excel computer program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre-intervention, post-intervention and 3-months follow-up. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

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Key information

Conditions

Primary Prevention

Age range

14 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tel Hai Academic College

Kiryat Shmona, North of Israel, 1220800, Israel

About this study

The study is a group randomized controlled trial. High school classes were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a Randomization function in Excel computer program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre-intervention, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, shall receive information about the program and the study and shall be asked to provide informed consent.

Participants and setting: A high school in the northern region of Israel was recruited for the study. 9th and 10th grade classes were chosen to participate in the study, all mixed gender classes. All data will be collected within the school setting.

Program description: "In Favor of a Resilient Self" is an interactive, cognitive behavior program aiming to address low resilience, low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. This program is part of a series of intervention programs named "In Favor of Myself" which has been in development since 2008. This resilience-based program contains a range of coping strategies to help adolescents improve resilience, self-esteem and body image. The program consists of nine 90-min sessions delivered by one group leader in the presence of the classes' teachers. Participants in the control group shall receive one session of 90 minutes of health nutrition education.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program, and whose parents signed a letter of informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants who do not complete the questionnaires at least twice

Treatment and study plan

Prevention program: "In Favor of Resilient Self"

Behavioral

Prevention program: "In Favor of Resilient Self"

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline in the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire-4

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (Schaefer et al., 2015) We included 3 subscales: Internalization - Thin/Low Body Fat, Internalization - Muscular/Athletic, Pressures - Media- 14 items

  2. Change from Baseline in Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)- 10 items

  3. Change from Baseline in Eating Attitudes Test

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    Eating Attitudes Test- 26 items The Eating Attitudes validated scale for children and adolescents (Maloney, McGuire, & Daniels, 1988)

  4. Change from Baseline in Body Esteem Scale

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    Body Esteem Scale- 23 items Body Esteem Scale for adolescents & adults (Mendelson, Mendelson, & White, 2001) Weight, appearance and attribution subscales.

  5. Change from Baseline in Contingencies of Self Worth Scale

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    Contingencies of Self Worth Scale- 25 items (Crocker et al., 2003). We used 2 subscales: Appearance and Approval from others.

  6. Change from Baseline in Contour Drawing Rating Scale

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    Contour Drawing Rating Scale- 3 items The Figure Body Images (Collins et al., 1981). It contains 9 figures with gender differences, the participants need to choose the figure which reflects themselves and their ideal figure goal.

  7. Change from Baseline in Advertising Scale

    Time frame: Measured three times over six months, measuring a change in scores

    The Advertising scale contains 1 item- Identification of strategies used by media. This question is reflected as a protective factor. It contains 8 different strategies (Golan et al., 2013).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tel Hai College

Other

Registry information

Official study title

"In Favor of Resilient Self"- A Prevention Program Promoting Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescence Aged 15-17

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 12, 2017
Registry last updated
Sep 12, 2018

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