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JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 346-350Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.68.2.346
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This study evaluated an Internet-delivered computer-assisted health education (CAHE) program designed to improve body satisfaction and reduce weight/shape concerns-concerns that have been shown to be risk factors for the development of eating disorders in young women. Participants were 60 women at a public university randomly assigned to either an intervention or control condition. Intervention participants completed the CAHE program Student Bodies. Measures of body image and disordered eating attitudes were assessed at baseline, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up. At follow-up, intervention participants, compared with controls, reported a significant improvement in body image and a decrease in drive for thinness. This program provides evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of providing health education by means of the Internet.
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