In the Mirror: Functional Appreciated Bodies (IM FAB)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Eating Disorder Symptom, Body Image Disturbance

In brief

The current project aims to examine the concept of promoting attention toward body functionality and gratitude using a weekly functionality-based mirror exposure and body functionality gratitude "journaling" text prompts three days a week for three weeks to examine whether this helps foster positive body image and decrease eating disorder symptoms in a sample of undergraduate females, a population at particularly high risk of body image dissatisfaction and consequent eating disorder development.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04118972

Run by

Union College, New York

People needed

275

Starts

2018-04-01

Expected to finish

2021-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-12-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Undergraduate female aged 18-23 years.

You may not qualify if…

• Self-definition as having an active eating disorder
• Participation in the Body Project

Where it is running

• University at Albany, State University of New York — Albany, New York, United States
• Union College — Schenectady, New York, United States

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