Body Acceptance After Baby Intervention

Conditions

• Body Dissatisfaction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

FEMALE

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Body Acceptance after Baby (BABI) — BEHAVIORAL
  BABI is an online, self-directed single-session intervention designed to improve body dissatisfaction in postpartum moms (up to one year after delivery) aged 18 or older.
• Postpartum Body Image Infographic — BEHAVIORAL
  The postpartum body image infographic is an online pamphlet that provides psychoeducation about body image during postpartum.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to learn if a novel online single-session intervention can help improve body dissatisfaction in new moms. The active intervention condition, Body Acceptance After Baby (BABI), uses acceptance-based skills to help participants cope with body dissatisfaction. BABI will be evaluated against another active intervention condition (a brief infographic that provides psychoeducation about body image during postpartum) and a waitlist control condition.

Key Dates

Start date

Jan 20, 2026

Status verified

Feb 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2027

Completion

Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

375 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Body Acceptance After Baby Intervention (BABI)
  The active condition, BABI, includes (1) psychoeducation about body image during postpartum; (2) psychoeducation about acceptance; (3) an activity to practice "unhooking" (cognitive defusion skill); (4) a values clarification exercise; (5) a peer advice activity (participants give advice in response to vignettes of new moms who are struggling with body image); and (6) the creation of a personalized action plan. BABI is designed to take approximately 30 minutes.
• Experimental: Postpartum Body Image Infographic
  Participants will read a brief infographic that includes (1) psychoeducation about body image and the harms of "bounce-back" culture during postpartum and (2) ways to improve body image. This infographic is designed to be read in approximately 2 minutes.
• No Intervention: Waitlist Control
  This group will receive no intervention, but will be given access to both active conditions at the end of follow-ups.

Primary Outcome Measure

Postpartum body image [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months ]

Central Contacts

• Rachel Rodgers, PhD
  617 373 2105
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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