A cognitive dissonance body image intervention 'Free Being Me' delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial.

This pilot study assessed the acceptability and pre-post intervention effects of a cognitive dissonance-based body image intervention, Free Being Me, delivered by Guide leaders to adolescent girls in India. Girls aged 11-14 years (Mage = 12.6, N = 117), who were members of the national scouting and guiding association of India, received the intervention across five weekly 1-hour group sessions.

The role of long-term mentoring in alternative child care settings.

Background: Udayan Care, an NGO based in New Delhi, India, provides alternative care to 'Children without Parental Care', in small-group residential homes. The homes have a Living In Family Environment (L.I.