An Intervention for Eating and Body Image Concerns Among Young Adult Women

Feasibility of Online Exposure Therapy and Self-compassion Interventions for Eating and Body Image Concerns Among Young Adult Women

The primary aim of the current study is to assess acceptability and feasibility of online body image exposure and self-compassion interventions before conducting a larger RCT.

This study will determine the feasibility and effectiveness of delivering an online therapy for eating pathology and body image disturbance. It will address body image and eating pathology in a non-clinical group of young adult women, who are at risk of developing such problems . The feasibility study will determine whether there are any difficulties that would need to be addressed in recruitment, online delivery and assessment of those treatments.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body shape questionnaire score > 25
• Age ≥18
• Self-identified women
• Be able to use a computer and having an Internet connection and webcam

Exclusion Criteria:

• Insufficient knowledge of English
• Learning disability, severe mental illness or alcohol/substance dependence, history of self-injuries, current eating disorder, current clinical depression
• Psychiatric illness requiring secondary care intervention
• Male
• Under 18 years old
• Body mass index below 18.5
• Currently undergoing psychological therapies
• No access to a tablet or computer with an internet connection