Clinical trial NCT04077177: Decreasing Body Dissatisfaction in Male College Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Male Athlete Body Project
Official title: Decreasing Body Dissatisfaction in Male College Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Male Athlete Body Project
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Health Behavior
Lead sponsor: Illinois Institute of Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: DePaul University
First posted: 2019-09-04
Enrollment: 83
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Body Dissatisfaction (BD) is associated with marked distress and often precipitates disordered eating symptomology (Milligan \& Pritchard, 2006). BD in male athletes is an important area to explore, as research in this field often focuses on eating disorders in female athletes (e.g., Becker et al., 2012; Varnes et al., 2013). The current body of literature regarding male college athletes suggests that they experience pressures associated with both societal muscular ideals and sport performance (Galli et al., 2015). While there is a clear association between drive for muscularity and BD in collegiate male athletes (Galli et al., 2015), no study to date has conducted research aimed to attenuate the effect of BD in this population. The current study seeks to investigate a BD intervention for male college athletes. Participants will be randomized to an adapted version of the standardized Female Athlete Body Project (i.e., the Male Athlete Body Project) or an assessment only control condition. All participants will complete baseline and post-treatment measures of BD, negative affect, internalization of an athletic ideal, drive for muscularity, sport confidence, eating pathology, and unhealthy weight-control behaviors. Study aims are to determine if the Male Athlete Body Project intervention group reduces BD and related factors post-treatment, and to investigate whether these differences are maintained at 1-month follow up. Results will inform mental health and sport clinicians, coaches, and other personnel involved in an athlete's care about successful strategies for decreasing BD.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male
* member of a university-sponsored varsity athletic team
* over age 18
* some endorsement of body dissatisfaction (i.e., scores greater than zero). To maximize generalizability, there are no additional inclusion criteria, consistent with recommendations from previous athlete Body Project research

Exclusion Criteria:

* NONE

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change is being assessed with Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ) - Appearance Scale
timeFrame: Participants will complete this at baseline, 3-week follow up, and 1-month follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Illinois Institute of Technology
state: Illinois
Study officials:
References:
citation: Perelman H, Schwartz N, Yeoward-Dodson J, Quinones IC, Murray MF, Dougherty EN, Townsel R, Arthur-Cameselle J, Haedt-Matt AA. Reducing eating disorder risk among male athletes: A randomized controlled trial investigating the male athlete body project. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Feb;55(2):193-206. doi: 10.1002/eat.23665. Epub 2022 Jan 17.