Supporting Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Stigma

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age15+
SponsorYale University

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Be a parent, grandparent, or any other family member who considers themselves a guardian of an SGMY between 15-29 years old,

Live in the Southeast United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida),

Identify as heterosexual and cisgender, and

Report non-acceptance of their SGMY.

Disqualifiers

Active mania, psychosis, or suicidality, and

Unable to provide informed consent.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Brief online writing intervention
  • Control condition

Treatment groups

129 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Yale University

Lead sponsor

University of Maryland

Collaborator

Vanderbilt University

Collaborator

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator