Recruiting

BABI & Psychoeducation

Sponsor:

Northeastern University

Code:

NCT07422571

Conditions

Body Dissatisfaction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Body Acceptance after Baby (BABI)

Postpartum Body Image Infographic

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Body Dissatisfaction

Study ID

NCT07422571

Start date

Jan 20, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Individuals must:

  • Be currently residing in the U.S.
  • Be able to read and write in English
  • Be aged 18 or above
  • Identify as a woman
  • Have given birth to a live infant in the past year
  • Endorse dissatisfaction with their appearance (i.e., in answering the question "Indicate how satisfied you are with your overall appearance" they must answer neutral, mostly dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied)

Study Design

Enrollment

375 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

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.

Interventions

Body Acceptance after Baby (BABI)

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

The postpartum body image infographic is an online pamphlet that provides psychoeducation about body image during postpartum.

Primary outcome measure

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

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rachel Rodgers, PhD

617 373 2105r.rodgers@northeastern.edu

Locations

Northeastern University

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Contacts

Rachel Rodgers, PhD

617-470-9974r.rodgers@northeastern.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Northeastern University

Last update posted

Feb 20, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Body dissatisfaction
  • Postpartum
  • Single-session intervention
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northeastern University on 2026-02-20.