Turk, F. orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-318X, Kellett, S. and Waller, G. orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-9546 (2022) Comparing self‐compassion versus body exposure for adult women with moderate to severe body dissatisfaction: A feasibility and pilot trial. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29 (4). pp. 1475-1480. ISSN 1063-3995
Abstract
This study assessed the feasibility and effectiveness of two brief online interventions for body shame for women with moderate to severe negative body image, to inform the design of a future randomized controlled trial. The primary feasibility outcomes were recruitment, measure completion rates, retention rates and internet connection failure rates. The secondary pilot outcomes were change on clinical measures and state shame ratings during the interventions. Participants were randomized to either online (40-min single session) body exposure or self-compassion interventions. Five validated nomothetic outcome measures (body dissatisfaction, appreciation, eating disorder, external shame and anxiety) were taken at three time points (preintervention, postintervention and 2-week follow-up). Subjective units of body shame (SUBS 0–100 scale) were rated every 5 min during the interventions. The target of recruiting 30 participants in 60 days was successfully achieved. The measure completion rate was high (100%), and retention rates (80% to 100%) showed moderate-to-high acceptability of the interventions. Online delivery was moderately viable with a 12.5% session disconnection rate. The self-compassion intervention significantly reduced SUBS ratings during the course of the intervention, but there was no significant improvement or difference between the interventions on nomothetic outcome measures. Findings suggest that a fully powered trial is viable, and sample size calculation and methodological requirements are provided.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
Keywords: | body image; body shame; feasibility study; intervention; self-compassion |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2022 14:27 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2023 14:49 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/cpp.2724 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183798 |