Jessica M. Alleva|Paschal Sheeran|Thomas L. Webb|Carolien Martijn|Eleanor Miles
A Meta-Analytic Review of Stand-Alone Interventions to Improve Body Image
Maastricht University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Sheffield|Maastricht University|University of Sussex
numerous standalone interventions improve body image developed present review used metaanalysis estimate effectiveness interventions identify specific change techniques lead improvement body imagethe inclusion criteria intervention standalone ie solely focused improving body image b control group used c participants randomly assigned conditions least one pretest one posttest measure body image taken effect sizes metaanalysed moderator analyses conducted taxonomy 48 change techniques used interventions targeted body image developed interventions coded using taxonomythe literature search identified 62 tests interventions n 3846 interventions produced smalltomedium improvement body image 038 smalltomedium reduction beauty ideal internalisation 037 large reduction social comparison tendencies 072 however effect size body image inflated bias within across studies reliable small magnitude corrections bias applied effect sizes outcomes longer reliable corrections bias applied several features sample intervention methodology moderated intervention effects twelve change techniques associated improvements body image three techniques contraindicatedthe findings show interventions engender small improvements body image underline need largescale highquality trials area review identifies effective techniques could deployed future interventions