Safety Behavior Fading Versus Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Appearance Concerns

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Conditions studied: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Eating Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorder

In brief

The current study aims to explore the efficacy of a text message based safety behavior fading intervention compared to a progressive muscle relaxation intervention for appearance concerns.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07589621

Run by

Florida State University

People needed

300

Starts

2026-05-29

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• being between the ages of 18 and 65 years old
• having an internet-capable smart-phone
• scoring at or above the empirical cutoff for appearance concerns measured by the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (i.e., 52)

You may not qualify if…

• changes in psychotropic medication in the last 4 weeks
• failing attention checks in baseline data collection

Where it is running

• Florida State University — Tallahassee, Florida, United States (enrolling)

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