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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2015 Nov:74:1-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.08.008. Epub 2015 Sep 3.

A randomized controlled trial of a peer co-led dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program for gay men

Tiffany A Brown  1 , Pamela K Keel  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

A randomized controlled trial of a peer co-led dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program for gay men

Tiffany A Brown et al. Behav Res Ther. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: Gay males have increased risk for eating disorders compared to heterosexual males, establishing a need to develop and empirically evaluate programs to reduce risk for this population. The present study investigated the acceptability and efficacy of a cognitive dissonance-based (DB) intervention (The PRIDE Body Project(©)) in reducing eating disorder risk factors among gay males in a university-based setting.

Method: Eighty-seven gay males were randomized to either a 2-session DB intervention (n = 47) or a waitlist control condition (n = 40). Participants completed eating disorder risk factor assessments pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at 4-week follow-up, and those receiving the intervention completed post-treatment acceptability measures.

Results: Acceptability ratings were highly favorable. Regarding efficacy, the DB condition was associated with significantly greater decreases in body dissatisfaction, drive for muscularity, self-objectification, partner-objectification, body-ideal internalization, dietary restraint, and bulimic symptoms compared to waitlist control from pre- to post-intervention. Improvements in the DB group were maintained at 4-week follow-up, with the exception of body-ideal internalization. Body-ideal internalization mediated treatment effects on bulimic symptoms.

Conclusion: Results support the acceptability and efficacy of The PRIDE Body Project(©) and provide support for theoretical models of eating pathology in gay men.

Keywords: Dissonance; Eating disorder; Gay men; Peer-led; Prevention.

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