Supporting Parents in Affirming Their Children's Experiences of Stigma

Part of paid clinical trials in New Haven, Connecticut.

Sponsor
Yale University
Study ID
NCT05919849
Phase
PHASE1
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Parent-Child Relations

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
15 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Brief online writing intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will be instructed to write for 20 minutes across 3 consecutive days. They will be writing based on the prompts given to them.
  • Control condition — OTHER
    Participants will be instructed to write in order to control for time and writing engagement.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 29, 2023
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2026
Completion
Aug 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
129 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Expressive Writing (EW)
    Participants in the expressive writing (EW) condition will be instructed to write in a free-form manner about the most stressful aspects of being a parent of an SGMY, following standard EW procedures.
  • Experimental: Attachment-Based Writing (ABW)
    Participants in the attachment-based writing (ABW) condition will respond to distinct prompts created for the condition based on components of attachment-based family therapy (ABFT).
  • Other: Neutral Writing (Control)
    Participants in the control condition will be asked to write about what they have done since waking up that morning.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Parents' Rejecting and Supportive Behaviors Measured By the Parent Non-Acceptance Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 5 Days Post-Baseline, and 3 Months Post-Baseline ]

Central Contacts

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Yale UniversityNew HavenConnecticut06510
John E Pachankis, Ph.D.
[email protected]
203-785-3710
Danielle Chiaramonte, Ph.D.
[email protected]
646-429-9407
University of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland20742
Lea Dougherty, Ph.D.
[email protected]
301-405-5464
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTennessee37235
Kirsty A Clark, Ph.D.
[email protected]

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