Phillippa C. Diedrichs|Melissa Atkinson|Kirsty M. Garbett|Heidi Williamson|Emma Halliwell|Nichola Rumsey|George Leckie|Chris G. Sibley|Fiona Kate Barlow
Randomized controlled trial of an online mother-daughter body image and well-being intervention.
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poor body image public health issue mothers key influence adolescent girls body image study evaluated accessible scalable lowintensity internetbased intervention delivered mothers dove self esteem project website parents mothers adolescent daughters body image psychosocial wellbeingbritish motherdaughter dyads n 235 participated cluster randomized controlled trial assessmentonly control mothers viewed website without structured guidance websiteunstructured mothers viewed website via tailored pathway websitetailored dyads completed standardized selfreport measures body image related risk factors psychosocial outcomes baseline 2 weeks postexposure 6week 12month followupdyadic models showed relative control mothers viewed website reported significantly higher selfesteem postexposure websitetailored higher weight esteem 6week followup websitetailored lower negative affect 12month followup websitetailored engaged selfreported conversations daughters body image postexposure 6week followup 3466 times likely report seeking additional support body image issues postexposure websitetailored 6week 12month websitetailored followup daughters whose mothers viewed website higher selfesteem reduced negative affect 6week followup differences daughters body image risk factors among mothers daughters postexposure followup tailoring website content appeared beneficialthis intervention offers promising firststep toward improving psychosocial wellbeing among mothers daughters order optimize intervention future research improve body imagerelated outcomes understand mechanisms change would beneficial psycinfo database record