Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of the HADAS Program for the Prevention of Eating Disorders in Adolescent Female Athletes, Coaches, and Families.

Sponsor
Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Study ID
NCT07750301
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Conditions

  • Body Image Dissatisfaction
  • Eating Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
12 Years - 16 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • The HADAS Program — BEHAVIORAL
    A synchronized, multi-level psychoeducational prevention program designed to target eating disorder risk and body image dissatisfaction across the sports triangle (athletes, coaches, and families). Content focuses on media literacy, healthy life habits, emotional management, deconstructing body-weight myths in aesthetic sports, and promoting autonomy-supportive coaching and family environments

Study Details

Adolescent female athletes in aesthetic sports disciplines (such as rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and figure skating) face a complex interaction between general sociocultural beauty pressures and sport-specific aesthetic demands (e.g., the 'slim to win' culture and weight-focused performance expectations). These combined pressures significantly increase their risk of developing body dissatisfaction and eating disorders (EDs). To address these systemic vulnerabilities, the HADAS Program (Habits, Eating, Sports, Adolescents, and Health) was developed as a multi-level, synchronized psychoeducational intervention designed to target the complete "sports triangle": adolescent female athletes, their technical coaches, and their immediate family members. The primary objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial (cluster RCT) is to evaluate the efficacy of the HADAS Program in reducing eating disorder risk (EAT-26) and body image dissatisfaction (BSQ-34) among competitive adolescent female athletes aged 12 to 16 years. Sports clubs are randomly assigned to either the Experimental Group (receiving the HADAS intervention) or a Waitlist Control Group (maintaining standard training). The program includes 5 interactive group sessions for athletes, 4 reflective workshops for coaches, and 2 structured sessions for family members, all supported by cohort-specific workbooks. Outcomes are evaluated across four longitudinal time points: Baseline (T0), Immediate Post-intervention (T1), 6-month Follow-up (T2), and 12-month Follow-up (T3).

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 6, 2026
Start date
Oct 31, 2026
Status verified
Jul 2026
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2028
Completion
May 31, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
236 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Experimental Group (HADAS Program)
    Sports clubs randomly assigned to receive the multi-level HADAS Program . The intervention is synchronized across three modalities: 5 interactive group sessions (90 min each) for adolescent female athletes, 4 reflective training sessions (90 min each) for technical coaches, and 2 structured psychoeducational workshops (120 min each) for parents/family members
  • No Intervention: Control Group (Waitlist)
    Sports clubs randomly assigned to the control condition maintain their standard active training routines and schedule without any component of the prevention program during the 12-month study window . They will be offered the HADAS intervention after the final longitudinal follow-up (T3)

Primary Outcome Measure

Eating Disorder Risk and Symptomatology [ Time Frame: Baseline (T0), Immediate Post-intervention (T1), 6-month Follow-up (T2), and 12-month Follow-up (T3). ]

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