Safety Behavior Fading Versus Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Appearance Concerns
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- Study design
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- What's involved
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- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Not specified.
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Safety Behavior Fading Versus Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Appearance Concerns
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What this trial measures
- The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS)Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Self-report scale that measures appearance anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 16 to 80 with higher scores indicating higher levels of appearance concerns.
- Appearance Behaviors Checklist past-week version (author constructed)Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Self-report scale used to measure frequency of engaging in appearance-related safety behaviors. This scale will be used as a manipulation check. Each item is rated on a 0 to 10 scale. Total scores range from 0 to 130 with higher scores indicating greater engagement in appearance-related safety behaviors
- Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI; Veale et al., 2014)Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Self-report scale that measures of body dysmorphic symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher levels of body dysmorphic symptoms.
- Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN; Connor et al., 2000)Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Self-report scale that measures social anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 68 with higher scores indicating higher levels of social anxiety.
- Eating Disorder-15 (ED-15; Tatham et al., 2015).Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Self-report scale that measures eating disorder symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 90 with higher scores indicating higher levels of eating pathology.
- The Eating Disorder Inventory-Body Dissatisfaction (EDI; Garner et al., 1983).Day 0, Day 28, Day 56
Self-report scale for measuring body dissatisfaction for use in clinical outcome studies. Each item is rated on a 0-5 scale with a total score range of 9-54 with higher scores indicating greater drive for thinness, bulimia, and body dissatisfaction.
- Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ; Devilly & Borkovec, 2000).Day 0
Self-report scale for measuring treatment expectancy and rationale credibility for use in clinical outcome studies. Three items are rated on a 0-10 scale and one item is rated on a 0-100 scale with higher scores meaning greater expectancy and credibility.