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High- and Low-Level Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Programs with Young Women with Body Image Concerns: An Experimental Trial
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McMillan, Whitney; Stice, Eric; Rohde, Paul – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: As cognitive dissonance is theorized to contribute to the effects of dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs, we evaluated a high-dissonance version of this program against a low-dissonance version and a wait-list control condition to provide an experimental test of the mechanism of intervention effects. Method: Female…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Concept, Prevention, Eating Disorders
Expressive Writing for Gay-Related Stress: Psychosocial Benefits and Mechanisms Underlying Improvement
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Pachankis, John E.; Goldfried, Marvin R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: This study tested the effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention for gay men on outcomes related to psychosocial functioning. Method: Seventy-seven gay male college students (mean age = 20.19 years, SD = 1.99) were randomly assigned to write for 20 min a day for 3 consecutive days about either (a) the most stressful or…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Sexual Orientation, Expressive Language, Homosexuality
Effectiveness of Peer-Led Eating Disorders Prevention: A Replication Trial
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Becker, Carolyn Black; Bull, Stephanie; Schaumberg, Katherine; Cauble, Adele; Franco, Amanda – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The aim of this study was to replicate and extend results of a previous trial that investigated the effectiveness of 2 peer-led eating disorders prevention interventions in reducing eating disorder risk factors in undergraduate women (C. B. Becker, L. M. Smith, & A. C. Ciao, 2006). To extend findings from the previous study by allowing for…
Descriptors: Prevention, Eating Disorders, Pathology, At Risk Persons
Dissonance and Healthy Weight Eating Disorder Prevention Programs: Long-Term Effects from a Randomized Efficacy Trial
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Stice, Eric; Marti, C. Nathan; Spoor, Sonja; Presnell, Katherine; Shaw, Heather – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Adolescent girls with body dissatisfaction (N = 481, SD = 1.4) were randomized to a dissonance-based thin-ideal internalization reduction program, healthy weight control program, expressive writing control condition, or assessment-only control condition. Dissonance participants showed significantly greater decreases in thin-ideal internalization,…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Eating Disorders, Program Effectiveness
Factors Predicting the Type of Tactics Used to Resist Sexual Assault: A Prospective Study of College Women
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Turchik, Jessica A.; Probst, Danielle R.; Chau, Minna; Nigoff, Amy; Gidycz, Christine A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
The purpose of the current study was to examine how women's intentions, as well as psychological and situational factors, predicted the actual use of resistance tactics in response to a sexual assault situation over a 2-month follow-up period. Twenty-eight percent of the 378 undergraduate women who participated at the baseline assessment and…
Descriptors: Females, Sexual Abuse, College Students, Predictor Variables
Does It Matter What You Call It? The Relationship Between Labeling Unwanted Sexual Experiences and Distress
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Harned, Melanie S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
Using cross-sectional data from 2 samples of women attending a university (N = 1,395), the author examined the relationship among women's labeling of their unwanted sexual experiences (USEs) with dating partners and a variety of psychological and school-related outcomes. Three competing path analysis models were tested to determine whether the…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Females, Sexual Abuse, College Students