Supporting Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Stigma
This study is testing two brief online writing interventions to help parents better support their sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) children. You might be eligible if you are a parent, grandparent, or guardian of an SGMY between 15-29 years old and live in the Southeast United States. The study aims to see if these writing interventions can reduce parents' rejecting behaviors and increase their supportive behaviors towards their SGMY children. This will be measured by changes in a scale called the Parent Non-Acceptance Scale. The study plans to enroll 129 participants, but its current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study testing two different online writing approaches. It is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants will be assigned to either a brief online writing intervention or a control condition.
- What's involved
- Participants will be instructed to write for 20 minutes across 3 consecutive days based on prompts given to them.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your behaviors will be measured at the start of the study, 5 days after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention.
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Supporting Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Stigma
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
4 sites across 4 statesStudy leadership
- John E Pachankis, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Yale University
- Lea Dougherty, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Maryland
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Change in Parents' Rejecting and Supportive Behaviors Measured By the Parent Non-Acceptance ScaleBaseline, 5 Days Post-Baseline, and 3 Months Post-Baseline
The 10-item Parent Non-Acceptance Scale is a self-reported instrument assessing positive and negative indicators of parental acceptance of their SGMY. Parents report level of agreement on a scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 6 (Strongly Agree), with a higher score on negative indicators representing a higher level of non-acceptance and a higher score on positive indicators representing a lower level of non-acceptance.