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2024-10-26 @ 3:40 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:40 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06598111
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-09-12
Brief Title:
Increasing Motivation to Reduce Restriction
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
Amplifying Consequences to Reduce Dietary Restriction a Proof-of-Concept Study
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2024-09
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The goal of this experiment is to learn how to effectively increase motivation to reduce dietary restriction among young adults engaging in clinically significant restrictive eating The main questions this study aims to answer are
Does imagining a future without restrictive eating increase motivation to reduce restrictive eating
Does imagining a future without restrictive eating reduce actual restrictive eating behavior
Is it more motivating to think about long-term benefits of reducing dietary restriction or to focus on short-term consequences of dietary restriction
Researchers will compare 1 amplifying the possible benefits of reducing restrictive eating 2 amplifying the negative consequences of restrictive eating or 3 both is more effective for increasing motivation to reduce dietary restriction over a one-week period
Participants will
Complete daily measures of eating disorder symptoms and motivation for 7 days
Write a narrative describing a day in the future without restrictive eating and read this narrative aloud daily for 7 days
Be presented with information regarding the negative consequences of dietary restriction daily for 7 days
Does imagining a future without restrictive eating increase motivation to reduce restrictive eating
Does imagining a future without restrictive eating reduce actual restrictive eating behavior
Is it more motivating to think about long-term benefits of reducing dietary restriction or to focus on short-term consequences of dietary restriction
Researchers will compare 1 amplifying the possible benefits of reducing restrictive eating 2 amplifying the negative consequences of restrictive eating or 3 both is more effective for increasing motivation to reduce dietary restriction over a one-week period
Participants will
Complete daily measures of eating disorder symptoms and motivation for 7 days
Write a narrative describing a day in the future without restrictive eating and read this narrative aloud daily for 7 days
Be presented with information regarding the negative consequences of dietary restriction daily for 7 days
Detailed Description:
This study tests whether amplifying the potential benefits of reducing dietary restriction andor consequences of maintaining dietary restriction increases motivation to address disordered ie restrictive eating among college students This is an online study with a between-groups experimental design which takes place over the course of one week All study procedures are completed online
Participants are randomized to one of four conditions Amplified Benefits amp Consequences Amplified Benefits Amplified Consequences or a control condition Baseline measures are completed on the first day of study enrollment following randomization to experimental condition Over the subsequent six days participants receive daily surveys via email every 24 hours and are given 24 hours to complete each survey In every condition participants complete daily self-report measures Depending on condition participants also completed the following manipulations
Amplified Benefits and Consequences condition Participants are prompted to write a brief detailed narrative describing a day in their future if they did not restrict their caloric intake and were not concerned about their body weight or shape Participants type their responses and provide a recording of themselves reading their narrative aloud On each subsequent day participants are provided with their written narrative and asked to create a new recording of themselves reading it aloud After completing their recording and surveys participants complete a modified version of the Pros and Cons of Anorexia Scale to amplify the negative consequences of restrictive eating Next they read a brief informational blurb about the negative health consequences of restrictive eating
Amplified Benefits condition Participants receive the same narrative prompt and recording instructions as participants in the Amplified Benefits amp Consequences condition They are not asked to complete the modified PCAN or presented with blurbs about the consequences of restrictive eating
Amplified Consequences condition Participants in the Amplified Consequences condition are not prompted to write or record a narrative After completing daily surveys they complete the modified PCAN and are presented with blurbs about the consequences of restrictive eating
Control condition Participants write a brief narrative nearly identical Amplified Benefits manipulation however their prompt instead asks them to consider a future free of concern about finances Participants type their narrative and record themselves reading it aloud Each day participants create a new recording Participants in the control condition do not complete the modified PCAN and are not provided with informational blurbs
Participants are randomized to one of four conditions Amplified Benefits amp Consequences Amplified Benefits Amplified Consequences or a control condition Baseline measures are completed on the first day of study enrollment following randomization to experimental condition Over the subsequent six days participants receive daily surveys via email every 24 hours and are given 24 hours to complete each survey In every condition participants complete daily self-report measures Depending on condition participants also completed the following manipulations
Amplified Benefits and Consequences condition Participants are prompted to write a brief detailed narrative describing a day in their future if they did not restrict their caloric intake and were not concerned about their body weight or shape Participants type their responses and provide a recording of themselves reading their narrative aloud On each subsequent day participants are provided with their written narrative and asked to create a new recording of themselves reading it aloud After completing their recording and surveys participants complete a modified version of the Pros and Cons of Anorexia Scale to amplify the negative consequences of restrictive eating Next they read a brief informational blurb about the negative health consequences of restrictive eating
Amplified Benefits condition Participants receive the same narrative prompt and recording instructions as participants in the Amplified Benefits amp Consequences condition They are not asked to complete the modified PCAN or presented with blurbs about the consequences of restrictive eating
Amplified Consequences condition Participants in the Amplified Consequences condition are not prompted to write or record a narrative After completing daily surveys they complete the modified PCAN and are presented with blurbs about the consequences of restrictive eating
Control condition Participants write a brief narrative nearly identical Amplified Benefits manipulation however their prompt instead asks them to consider a future free of concern about finances Participants type their narrative and record themselves reading it aloud Each day participants create a new recording Participants in the control condition do not complete the modified PCAN and are not provided with informational blurbs
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None