An observational study in Disordered Eating Behaviors, sponsored by University at Buffalo. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 24 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-29.
Sponsored by University at Buffalo · Observational
The purpose of the study is to evaluate effects of a 7-week undergraduate course, incorporating Eat Breathe Thrive program curriculum, offered to female student-athletes in order to increase positive body image, emotional regulation, interoceptive awareness, self-care skills, and intuitive eating. The undergraduate course is structured around the Eat Breathe Thrive program curriculum, which aims to: a) teach somatic practices that increase interoceptive awareness, b) provide healthy tools for emotional regulation, c) allow for the creation of community-based networks of support, and (d) foster a sense of meaning and purpose through service activities. In a non-randomized controlled trial, the investigators plan to examine whether this preventative undergraduate course is found effective in a female student-athlete population in preventing and decreasing eating disorder risk. The investigators also plan to examine whether the program is found effective in increasing protective factors, such as self-care behaviors, interoceptive awareness, intuitive eating, and emotional regulation skills.
To the investigators' knowledge, there are no studies that incorporate yoga into eating disorder prevention intervention in a student-athlete population, indicating a gap in literature that the proposed study aims to address. In this study, a 7-week undergraduate course offered to female student-athletes, which incorporates Eat Breathe Thrive program curriculum, will be examined to evaluate preventative effects. The Eat Breathe Thrive program was selected by the course instructors to provide female student-athletes with mental health support, utilizing an interactive multisession format with a positive psychology orientation. Eat Breathe Thrive's curriculum focuses on the reduction of eating disorder risk by lesson plans centered around positive engagement with others and developing a strong relationship with self. This framework is based on the idea that individuals are able to sustain proper health, relationships, and overall well-being using the positive embodiment tools and psychoeducational information learned. The study aims to contribute to the eating disorder literature targeting female student-athletes by examining the effects of a prevention program delivered as part of an undergraduate course.
It is hypothesized that:
The study will employ self-report surveys to examine the preventative effects of participation in a 7-week course utilizing a longitudinal non-randomized control design with Division I female student-athletes in western New York. Participants will be current female student-athletes recruited within the university's athletic department. Experimental group participants will be recruited from their enrollment in the prevention course offered that incorporates the Eat Breathe Thrive curriculum. Since the prevention course has a capacity of 30 students per semester, data will be collected for four 7-week semesters to account for total sample size. The study will be recruiting from a total of 120 female student-athletes in the experimental group. Female student-athletes not enrolled in the prevention course will be recruited for control. Each semester, course enrollment numbers will be matched by recruiting research participants from the rest of the female student-athlete population at the university (those who are not enrolled in the course). Female student-athletes in the experimental and control groups will complete all study measures at the same time points throughout the study. This study is based on the need to provide female student-athletes with greater access to effective tools and strategies that support their well-being as well as to protect this high-risk population against the development of an eating disorder.
Participants are from the undergraduate student-athlete population at the university who are currently a member of one of the Division I sports teams. Specifically, female undergraduate student-athletes, ranging from ages 18-24.
Exclusion Criteria:
The Prevention Course Group is composed of female student-athletes enrolled in the 7-week prevention course. The course occurs once a week (1 hour, 40 minute sessions) for a total of 7-weeks during the academic semester. Approximately 1 hour of each class session is lecture based, leaving 40 minutes for yoga practice administered by a certified yoga instructor. The course instructor is certified in Eat Breathe Thrive Program delivery. The course teaching assistant is certified in yoga instruction.
Behavioral: Prevention Course Group
The Control Group is composed of female student-athletes not enrolled in the 7-week prevention course. Female student-athletes in this group will not be enrolled in the course during the period of data collection, nor will they have previously completed the course.
The undergraduate prevention course is structured around Eat Breathe Thrive Program curriculum. The course aims to teach somatic practices, provide healthy tools for emotional regulation, allow for the creation of community-based networks of support, foster a sense of meaning and purpose through service activities, and practice these learned skills through yoga.
Also known as: Eat Breathe Thrive Program
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Change in Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire at 7 weeks
Self-Care Behaviors
Change in Mindful Self-Care Scale-Short
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Mindful Self-Care Scale-Short at 7 weeks
Interoceptive Awareness
Change in Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness at 7 weeks
Emotional Regulation
Change in Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at 7 weeks
Distress Tolerance
Change in Distress Tolerance Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Distress Tolerance Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults at 7 weeks
Intuitive Eating
Change in Intuitive Eating Scale
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Intuitive Eating Scale in 7 weeks
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Change in Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire at 19 weeks
Self-Care Behaviors
Change in Mindful Self-Care Scale-Short
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Mindful Self-Care Scale-Short at 19 weeks
Emotional Regulation
Change in Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale at 19 weeks
Distress Tolerance
Change in Distress Tolerance Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults
Time frame: Change from Baseline in Distress Tolerance Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults at 19 weeks
Plan to share: No
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