Effectiveness of a Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program (The Body Project II)

Participants will engage in verbal, written, and behavioral exercises in which they will critique the thin ideal. These exercises will be conducted in sessions and in homework activities. The exercises will aim to increase body image satisfaction by helping participants to think critically about the thin ideal and to discuss some of the problems associated with the pursuit of this ideal.

Participants will receive a mailed educational brochure about a healthy body image only.