Clinical trial NCT05612425: Text Message Safety Behavior Fading for Appearance Concerns
Official title: Safety Behavior Fading Versus Unhealthy Behavior Fading for Appearance Concerns: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Body Dysmorphic Disorders
Social Anxiety Disorder
Eating Disorders
Keywords: safety behaviors
intervention
text message
appearance concerns
Lead sponsor: Florida State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-11-10
Enrollment: 203
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants are randomized to one of two conditions
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The current study aims to explore the efficacy of a text message based safety behavior fadinig intervention compared to an unhealthy behavior fading intervention for appearance concerns.

Detailed description: Description: Appearance-related safety behavior fading intervention procedures will follow methodology previously used in the Cougle Lab. The safety behavior fading intervention is designed to target a decrease or elimination of appearance-related safety behaviors.

Individuals randomly assigned to the safety behavior fading condition will receive instructions to decrease or eliminate their endorsed appearance-related safety behaviors. In addition, they will receive daily reminders via text message to decrease these behaviors, along with a safety behavior monitoring checklist in which the participant indicates the extent to which they decreased and/or eliminated each safety behavior over the previous day.

Individuals randomly assigned to the unhealthy behavior fading condition will receive instructions to decrease or eliminate unhealthy behaviors. They will also receive daily reminders via text message to decrease these behaviors, along with a safety behavior monitoring checklist in which the participant indicates the extent to which they decreased and/or eliminated each safety behavior over the previous day.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* elevated appearance concerns as defined by a score of 53 or higher on the SAAS
* Being female

Exclusion Criteria:

* being male
* Score of 52 or lower on the SAAS
* Currently receiving treatment (therapy, counseling, etc.) for anxiety, depression, eating disorder, or body image/appearance concerns
* If applicable, unstable psychiatric medication usage any time over the past 4 weeks

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Social Appearance Anxiety Scale
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: Change in Eating Disorder-15
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: Change in Social Phobia Inventory
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire
timeFrame: Day 0
measure: Change in Appearance Behaviors Checklist
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: Change in Unhealthy Behaviors Checklist
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: Beliefs About Appearance Scale
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: UCLA Loneliness Scale-8
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
measure: Assessment of ideal self
timeFrame: Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Tallahassee
country: United States
facility: Florida State University, Department of Psychology
state: Florida
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