PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION IN BODY IMAGE DIRTURBANCES, EATING DISORDERS AND MUSCLE DYSMORPHIA:
A STUDY WITH BRAZILIAN CISGENDER GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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https://doi.org/10.34019/2179-3700.2023.v23.40445Keywords:
Disease prevention, Body Image, Feeding and eating disorders, Body dysmorphic disorders, Sexual and gender minoritiesAbstract
Sexual and gender minority men present high body dissatisfaction, eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia symptoms, which compromise the physical health and psychosocial functioning. The PRIDE Body Project is a dissonance-based intervention developed to prevent these psychopathologies in cisgender gay and bisexual men. However, its efficacy was not tested among Brazilian. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate initial indicators of efficacy of the PRIDE Body Project in reducing appearance-ideal internalization, eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia symptoms in Brazilian cisgender gay and bisexual men. This is a quasi-experimental study, carried out with 74 Brazilian cisgender gay and bisexual men, with high body dissatisfaction. The subjects were invited to participate through advertising in strategic locations in the city of Governador Valadares/MG, as well as through websites and social media. The participants filled out, pre- and post-intervention, a sociodemographic questionnaire and measures of appearance-ideal internalization, eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. The PRIDE Body Project consists of two sessions with two hours each and a weekly interval in between. During the sessions, the participants were encouraged to perform a series of written, verbal and behavioral activities. The age of the participants varied between 18 and 30 years (M = 24.68 ± 2.84 years) and the Body Mass Index (BMI) from 18.29 to 50.70 (M = 25.34 ± 5.51). Regarding race/ethnicity, they identify themselves as Brown (n = 35; 47.30%), Black (n = 20; 27.03%) and White (n = 19; 25.67%). A significant reduction was observed between the pre- and post-intervention time-points on appearance-ideal internalization, eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. The effect size ranged from medium to large (Cohen’s d ≥ 0.63). The PRIDE Body Project showed preliminary indicators of efficacy in reducing appearance-ideal internalization, eating disorder and muscle dysmorphia symptoms in Brazilian cisgender gay and bisexual men. It is suggested the implementation of this intervention in the academic, clinical and epidemiological field.
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