Efficacy Study of Amazing Me Program
Condition: Self Esteem; Body Distorted Images
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The objective of the Efficacy Study of Amazing Me Program is to deliver the Amazing Me
      intervention and assess its efficacy. The Amazing Me intervention aims to help children
      between the ages of 9 and 11 build self-esteem, body confidence, and eliminate weight-based
      bullying and teasing. The Amazing Me intervention teaches students to be kind to themselves,
      their bodies, and to others.
    

Detailed description: 
      Body dissatisfaction is one of the most robust risk factors for developing unhealthy
      behaviors, low self-esteem, and contributes to anxiety and depression in adolescence. Despite
      evidence that body dissatisfaction can emerge during the elementary school years, the
      majority of body confidence programs are for girls over the age of 15. There is very little
      to no research on interventions for elementary school children. The Body Project is an
      empirically supported body confidence prevention program for high school girls with over 100
      articles to support its efficacy, effectiveness and theoretical model; it is the only body
      confidence program for youth to acquire the Blueprints Certification. Together with two 4th
      and 5th grade teachers, the investigators have adapted the Body Project curriculum for youth
      between the ages of 9 to 11 years old (i.e., 4th and 5th graders). The curriculum is called
      Amazing Me and will be implemented in classrooms by teachers. The curriculum was developed
      meeting several competencies for national health and wellness standards for elementary
      students. The aim of the current study is to conduct a national randomized control trial of
      the curriculum 100 classrooms with 4th and 5th graders.

      The primary aim of the current study is to deliver the Amazing Me intervention and assess its
      efficacy. It is hypothesized that compared to controls, children that undergo the body
      confidence curriculum will report higher body satisfaction and body esteem scores, overall
      greater self-esteem, and will report less engagement in appearance comparisons.
    

Intervention name(s): Amazing Me
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): The Amazing Me Program is an evidence-based program designed to help children between the ages of 9 and 11 build self-esteem, body confidence, and eliminate weight-based bullying and teasing. This school-based curriculum satisfies national educational health requirements and provides tools for teachers to implement in 4th and 5th grade classrooms.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: A randomized controlled trail will be conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the Amazing Me intervention in 9-11 year old children. The randomized controlled trial will consist of an intervention and control group. Between 100 to 180 classrooms will be randomized to control or intervention condition. Randomization distribution will be 50%; thus, half of the educators/classrooms will be in the intervention and half in the control. We estimate about 30 students per teacher, yielding a maximum of 2,700 students randomized to intervention and 2,700 students randomized to control. Educators and school districts will be recruited to participate. Educators and students will complete an online baseline survey and another survey after the intervention. Finally, a 6-month and 12-month follow-up survey will be conducted for students.
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: body satisfaction; self esteem; weight-based bullying and teasing