A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions
IntroductionDermatological conditions can affect how individuals feel about their bodies. This research therefore seeks to evaluate the potential for a brief writing intervention, focused on body functionality, to improve body image in adults living with a range of dermatological conditions.MethodsA...
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| description | IntroductionDermatological conditions can affect how individuals feel about their bodies. This research therefore seeks to evaluate the potential for a brief writing intervention, focused on body functionality, to improve body image in adults living with a range of dermatological conditions.MethodsAs part of a parallel Randomised Controlled Trial, 451 adults living with a dermatological condition were randomized to either three functionality-based writing tasks or three creative writing tasks (control). Of these, 155 participants completed pre- and post-intervention measures of body appreciation, functionality appreciation, appearance anxiety, skin-related shame, and skin-related quality-of-life.ResultsFor participants with relatively low or mid-range scores on baseline body appreciation and functionality appreciation, there were medium-to-large positive effects of the intervention. Effects were smaller, with all but-one remaining significant, at 1-month follow up and in intention-to-treat analyses. No between-group effects of the intervention were found for measures of appearance anxiety, skin-related shame, and skin-related quality-of-life.DiscussionThese findings suggest that a 1-week writing intervention has the potential to improve positive aspects of body image, but not appearance- and skin-related distress in adults living with a dermatological condition.Clinical trial registration[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/history/NCT044459 74?V_3=View], identifier [NCT04445974]. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-111adb6f678641c9976369438d8d8b9b2022-12-22T03:04:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2022-12-01910.3389/fmed.2022.10640121064012A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditionsKate V. Adkins0Paul G. Overton1Andrew R. Thompson2Andrew R. Thompson3Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomSouth Wales Clinical Psychology Training Programme, School of Psychology, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United KingdomIntroductionDermatological conditions can affect how individuals feel about their bodies. This research therefore seeks to evaluate the potential for a brief writing intervention, focused on body functionality, to improve body image in adults living with a range of dermatological conditions.MethodsAs part of a parallel Randomised Controlled Trial, 451 adults living with a dermatological condition were randomized to either three functionality-based writing tasks or three creative writing tasks (control). Of these, 155 participants completed pre- and post-intervention measures of body appreciation, functionality appreciation, appearance anxiety, skin-related shame, and skin-related quality-of-life.ResultsFor participants with relatively low or mid-range scores on baseline body appreciation and functionality appreciation, there were medium-to-large positive effects of the intervention. Effects were smaller, with all but-one remaining significant, at 1-month follow up and in intention-to-treat analyses. No between-group effects of the intervention were found for measures of appearance anxiety, skin-related shame, and skin-related quality-of-life.DiscussionThese findings suggest that a 1-week writing intervention has the potential to improve positive aspects of body image, but not appearance- and skin-related distress in adults living with a dermatological condition.Clinical trial registration[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/history/NCT044459 74?V_3=View], identifier [NCT04445974].https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1064012/fullpsychodermatologyappearance anxietybody appreciationfunctionality appreciationskin shame |
| spellingShingle | Kate V. Adkins Paul G. Overton Andrew R. Thompson Andrew R. Thompson A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions Frontiers in Medicine psychodermatology appearance anxiety body appreciation functionality appreciation skin shame |
| title | A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions |
| title_full | A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions |
| title_fullStr | A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions |
| title_short | A brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions |
| title_sort | brief online writing intervention improves positive body image in adults living with dermatological conditions |
| topic | psychodermatology appearance anxiety body appreciation functionality appreciation skin shame |
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