Meaning-centered Intervention for Young Women With Weight and Shape Concerns
NCT Number: NCT06462300
Status: COMPLETED
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Eating Disorder Symptom
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: A meaning-centered intervention for young women with weight and shape concerns
Sponsor: University of Groningen
Sex: ALL
Age: CHILD, ADULT
Enrollment: 166
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: NONE|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2022-10-20
Completion Date: 2024-02-06
Locations: University of Groningen, Groningen, 9712TS, Netherlands

Summary:
Female participants with weight and shape concerns will either receive a six-week meaning-centered intervention led by a trainer or be allocated to a waitlist condition. They will receive the same questionnaires at three time points: Before the intervention, immediately after, and four weeks later.

The researchers hypothesize that a meaning-centered intervention for young women with weight and shape issues will increase participants meaning in life and decrease their eating disorder symptoms immediately after the intervention and at 4-week follow-up when compared to a waitlist condition.

Primary Outcome Measures: Meaning in life, Presence of meaning in life subscale of Meaning in Life Questionnaire (Steger et al., 2006); average of 5 items with 7-point Likert scale (minimum: 1; maximum 7); the higher the score, the higher the presence of life meaning, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)
Secondary Outcome Measures: Tripartite domain of meaning in life: Comprehension, Comprehension subscale of Multidimensional Existential Meaning Measure (George \& Park, 2016); average of 5 items on 7-point Likert scale (minimum: 1; maximum: 7); the higher the score, the higher the sense of Comprehension, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Tripartite domain of meaning in life: Purpose, Purpose subscale of Multidimensional Existential Meaning Measure (George \& Park, 2016); average of 5 items on 7-point Likert scale (minimum: 1; maximum: 7); the higher the score, the higher the sense of Purpose, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Tripartite domain of meaning in life: Mattering, Mattering subscale of Multidimensional Existential Meaning Measure (George \& Park, 2016); average of 5 items on 7-point Likert scale (minimum: 1; maximum: 7); the higher the score, the higher the sense of Mattering, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Eating disorder symptoms, Global score of Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (Fairburn \& Beglin, 2008); average score of 22 items on a 7-point Likert scale (minimum: 0; maximum: 6); the higher the score, the more severe the eating disorder symptomatology, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Internalizing symptoms, Total score of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995); sum score of 21 items on a 4-point Likert scale (minimum: 0; maximum: 63); the higher the score, the more severe the internalizing symptomatology, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Depressive symptoms, Depression subscale of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995); sum score of 7 items on a 4-point Likert scale (minimum: 0; maximum: 21); the higher the score, the more severe the depressive symptomatology, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Anxiety symptoms, Anxiety subscale of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995); sum score of 7 items on a 4-point Likert scale (minimum: 0; maximum: 21); the higher the score, the more severe the anxiety symptoms, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)|Stress symptoms, Stress subscale of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995); sum score of 7 items on a 4-point Likert scale (minimum: 0; maximum: 21); the higher the score, the more severe the stress symptoms, Baseline (week 1), post-assessment (week 7), follow-up (week 11)