Reducing self-objectification: are dissonance-based methods a possible approach?

Table 1 Means and standard deviations for dependent measures

Measures	Baseline M (SD)	Post intervention M (SD)	8-week follow-up M (SD)	8-month follow-up M (SD)	Post intervention d	8 weeks d	8 months d
Negative Affect	1.73(.60)	1.50(.49)	1.47(.55)	1.60(.62)	.40*	.38*	.20*
Thin-Ideal Internalization	3.56(.42)	3.05(.72)	3.26(.65)	3.43(.53)	1.2*	.69*	.31
Body Dissatisfaction	3.06(.80)	2.80(.75)	2.98(.76)	2.82(.70)	.35*	.08	.33*
EDE-Q	1.09(.74)	0.87(.63)	0.71(.62)	0.84(.67)	.36*	.47*	.32*
Body Shame	2.82(1.17)	2.78(1.25)	3.03(1.17)	2.84(1.11)	.05	.18	.03
Self-Surveillance	5.01(1.30)	4.55(1.27)	4.44(1.19)	4.70(1.10)	.38*	.43*	.31*
Control Beliefs	3.04(.85)	3.51(.98)	3.54(.75)	3.35(1.03)	.56*	.59*	.38*

Note: Improvement for all measures is indicated by decreasing scores with the exception of Body Control, for which higher scores indicate improvement. * indicates p < .05 for post-hoc t-test comparison with baseline. Cohen’s d effect size estimates: .2 = small; .5 = medium; .8 = large[48].

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