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This article examined differences in the effectiveness of Body Project when delivered virtually vs. peer-led, finding that virtually-led groups produced significantly reduced eating disorder symptoms and eating disorder onset, making this a promising program to disseminate virtually.
Ghaderi et al., 2020
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This meta-analysis summarized effects from 56 trials evaluating dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs and identified predictors of stronger effects.
Stice et al., 2019 (a)
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This meta-analytic review tested whether an eating disorder prevention program significantly reduced future onset of eating disorders, investigating 15 trials (N = 5080), finding that these programs, on average, produced a 55% to 77% reduction in future onset of eating disorders.
Stice, Onipede, & Marti, 2021
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This study examined long-term effects of the Body Project and the Healthy Weight intervention from the first large-scale efficacy trial, showing each reduced eating pathology onset over 3-year follow-up by approximately 60%.
Stice et al., 2008
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This study reported effects of 3 variants of the Body Project (clinician-led, peer educator-led, Internet-based) for college women over 4-year follow-up, finding lower eating disorder onset for those in peer-led groups (8/1%) compared to both control participants (17.6%) and clinician-led Body Project participants (19.3%).
Stice et al., 2020
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This study reported effects of 3 variants of the Body Project (clinician-led, peer educator-led, Internet-based) for college women over 6-month follow-up.
Stice et al., 2017
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The article is a qualitative review of the existing Body Project literature from efficacy to effectiveness to implementation.
Becker et al., 2017
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This study compared high- and low-dissonance versions of the Body Project; results provide evidence that dissonance induction contributes to intervention effects.
McMillan et al, 2011
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This study tested the model underlying the Body Project, showing that reductions in thin-ideal accounted for significant effects of the program.
Stice et al., 2007
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This study compared Body Project vs. control participants on neural imaging (fMRI), finding novel preliminary evidence that this intervention reduces valuation of media images (thin models) thought to contribute to risk.
Stice et al., 2015
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This large-scale efficacy study compared the Body Project to several alternate interventions aimed at preventing eating disorders over 1-year follow-up.
Stice et al., 2006
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The cost-effectiveness of delivery methods for an eating disorder prevention program is reported.
Akers et al., 2021