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Does a Facebook-enhanced Mindful Self-Compassion intervention improve body image? An evaluation study.
Veya Seekis1, Graham L Bradley1, Amanda L Duffy1
1School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Body Image
|July 28, 2020
Summary
A brief Mindful Self-Compassion workshop and Facebook group intervention improved body image in young women. Participants reported less appearance comparison and anxiety, and greater body appreciation, with lasting effects.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Body Image Research
Background:
- Body dissatisfaction is a significant concern among young women.
- Existing interventions often lack accessible, supportive components.
- Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) shows promise for emotional well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a brief MSC intervention combined with a private Facebook group for improving body image in young women.
- To assess the intervention's effects on appearance comparison, social anxiety, body dissatisfaction, and self-compassion.
- To examine the long-term maintenance of intervention effects.
Main Methods:
- A randomized controlled trial involving young women screened for body concerns.
- Intervention group received a 50-minute MSC workshop and participated in a private Facebook group for two weeks.
- Control group was waitlisted; assessments occurred at pretest, posttest, 1-month, and 3-month follow-up.
Main Results:
- The intervention group showed significant reductions in upward appearance comparison, social appearance anxiety, and drive for thinness compared to the control group.
- Participants in the intervention group reported higher body appreciation and self-compassion post-intervention and at follow-ups.
- Most positive effects, excluding body dissatisfaction, were maintained at the 3-month follow-up.
Conclusions:
- A brief MSC intervention, enhanced by a private Facebook group, effectively improved body image and self-compassion in young women.
- The supportive online environment facilitated sharing of self-compassionate body image experiences.
- This blended approach offers a promising avenue for addressing body image concerns in vulnerable populations.
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