The present study, sought to adapt Digital Bodies (a single-session intervention promoted in the United Kingdom (Bell et al., 2022) for the Italian school context and to assess its effectiveness as a single-session intervention aimed at challenging unrealistic appearance ideals and appearance-related pressures within social media environments. The study includes a cluster randomized controlled trial with two assessment points (baseline, post-intervention and 8-week follow-up) comparing the "Digital Bodies" program to a no-intervention control group. To ensure that all students benefit from the intervention, the control group received the intervention after the 8 weeks.
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Body Satisfaction
Timeframe: Basal, post.treatment, 8-week follow-up
Internalization of Appearance Ideals
Timeframe: Basal, post-intervention, 8-week follow-up
Self-Objectification
Timeframe: Basal, post-intervention, 8-week follow-up