Supporting Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Stigma

Description

The purpose of this study is to develop and test two brief online writing interventions to improve parental acceptance of sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) in the Southeast United States.

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations

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Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to develop and test two brief online writing interventions to improve parental acceptance of sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) in the Southeast United States.

Development and Initial Trial of Two Brief Interventions to Support Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Sexual and Gender Identities

Supporting Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Stigma

Condition
Parent-Child Relations
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New Haven

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

College Park

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, 20742

Nashville

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37235

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Parents are eligible if they meet the following criteria:
  • 1. Be a parent, grandparent, or any other family member who considers themselves a guardian of an SGMY between 15-29 years old,
  • 2. Live in the Southeast United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida),
  • 3. Identify as heterosexual and cisgender, and
  • 4. Report non-acceptance of their SGMY.
  • 2. SGMY are eligible if they meet the following criteria:
  • 1. Self-identify as SGM,
  • 2. Are 15-29 years old,
  • 3. Live in the Southeast United States, and
  • 4. Have a parent enrolled in the trial
  • 3. Any individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
  • 1. Active mania, psychosis, or suicidality, and
  • 2. Unable to provide informed consent.

Ages Eligible for Study

15 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

John E Pachankis, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University

Lea Dougherty, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Maryland

Study Record Dates

2025-05