TY - JOUR
T1 - A controlled assessment of school-based preventive programs for reducing eating disorder risk factors in adolescent Spanish girls
AU - Raich, Rosa M.
AU - Sánchez-Carracedo, David
AU - López-Guimerà, Gemma
AU - Portell, Mariona
AU - Moncada, Albert
AU - Fauquet, Jordi
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - This study assesses the impact of an eating disorders universal preventive program on a representative sample of Spanish adolescents in the area of Barcelona, Spain. 323 adolescent girls were assigned to three experimental conditions: complete intervention, partial intervention, and non-treatment. The program obtained a significant change in reducing the influences of the aesthetic body ideal and in improving the knowledge of nutrition. Nevertheless, attained post-treatment changes dissipate at the 6 month follow-up. In our opinion, the lack of lasting effects should be attributed to a series of considerations such as format, tests not validated for this age, or insufficient research.
AB - This study assesses the impact of an eating disorders universal preventive program on a representative sample of Spanish adolescents in the area of Barcelona, Spain. 323 adolescent girls were assigned to three experimental conditions: complete intervention, partial intervention, and non-treatment. The program obtained a significant change in reducing the influences of the aesthetic body ideal and in improving the knowledge of nutrition. Nevertheless, attained post-treatment changes dissipate at the 6 month follow-up. In our opinion, the lack of lasting effects should be attributed to a series of considerations such as format, tests not validated for this age, or insufficient research.
U2 - 10.1080/10640260802016852
DO - 10.1080/10640260802016852
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 255
EP - 272
JO - Eating Disorders
JF - Eating Disorders
SN - 1064-0266
IS - 3
ER -