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Intervention to Improve Parent Communication About Sexuality

13 de julho de 2026 atualizado por: University of Pennsylvania
The study is centered on helping parents answer and meet the sexuality-specific questions and needs of gay or bisexual males. This study seeks to test the efficacy of Parents ASSIST as a parent-child sexuality communication intervention that educates and trains parents to be purveyors of inclusive health information as gay or bisexual sons come of age at home.

Visão geral do estudo

Status

Recrutamento

Condições

Intervenção / Tratamento

Descrição detalhada

Parental acceptance after youth come out as gay or bisexual is a protective factor for the health of this youth group; however, parents lack support in initiating and sustaining sexuality discussions inclusive of their teens' attractions, behaviors and identities. Thus, in the absence of skills and supports, adolescents' and parents' mental health, health behaviors and overall family functioning tend to be negatively impacted after sons come out as gay or bisexual. The overall objective of this study is to test the efficacy of Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Sexuality Inclusive Sex Talks), a sexuality communication intervention for parents, after youth disclose gay or bisexual identities. We will conduct a randomized controlled trial with parent and gay or bisexual youth dyads (N=476) to establish the efficacy of Parents ASSIST as a hybrid 5-session online intervention that educates parents about germane sexuality-specific topics and provide communication skills for family discussions. Our Specific Aims are to (1) determine whether Parents ASSIST enhances parent-adolescent sexuality communication quality (e.g. parent- and child-reported comfort) and quantity (e.g. frequency and range of topics discussed) compared to the control group, (2) establish whether Parents ASSIST results in decreases in mental health symptomology (e.g. depressive and anxiety symptoms) among parents and gay or bisexual youth, increases dyadic health behavior (e.g. accessing preventive health services, health screening behaviors), and improves family functioning (e.g. affective response, communication, general functioning) over 12 months of follow-up, and (3) examine how theory-based variables (e.g. attitudes and norms, self-efficacy and intentions to discuss sexuality with gay or bisexual child) mediate the intervention effects on adolescent and parent mental health, parent-adolescent health behavior and family functioning over time.

Tipo de estudo

Intervencional

Inscrição (Estimado)

476

Estágio

  • Não aplicável

Contactos e Locais

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Contato de estudo

Locais de estudo

  • Estados Unidos
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos, 19104
        • Recrutamento
        • University of Pennsylvania
        • Contato:

Critérios de participação

Os pesquisadores procuram pessoas que se encaixem em uma determinada descrição, chamada de critérios de elegibilidade. Alguns exemplos desses critérios são a condição geral de saúde de uma pessoa ou tratamentos anteriores.

Critérios de elegibilidade

Idades elegíveis para estudo

  • Filho
  • Adulto
  • Adulto mais velho

Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis

Sim

Descrição

Youth participants are:

  • identify as a cisgender sexual minority male (e.g., gay or bisexual)
  • be between ages 12-18 years
  • able to comprehend spoken English
  • resides in the United States
  • consents or assents to study participation

Parent participants are:

  • the parent, legal guardians, legal custodians (hereinafter "parent") of gay or bisexual adolescent
  • age 18 or older
  • able to comprehend spoken English
  • resides in the United States
  • consents to study participation
  • consents to their child's study participation

Plano de estudo

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Como o estudo é projetado?

Detalhes do projeto

  • Finalidade Principal: Prevenção
  • Alocação: Randomizado
  • Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição de grupo único
  • Mascaramento: Solteiro

Armas e Intervenções

Grupo de Participantes / Braço
Intervenção / Tratamento
Experimental: Intervention Arm
Parents randomized to receive the intervention (n=238) will be assigned to a 5-session online intervention that comprise 8-12 parents per cohort. They will register their profiles via our secure, password-protected Parents ASSIST website. Parents in the intervention arm will complete one session per week where they watch two videos focused on sexual health and family communication. They will also be asked to complete homework tasks with their GBQ child. GBQ adolescents will not be intervened upon directly; rather, we will instruct parents to engage their sons based on the information and skills learned weekly through the intervention.
Comportamental: Parents ASSIST
Parents ASSIST is a 5-session intervention where an interventionist will facilitate sessions that will include 8-12 parents per group. Each parent will have access to intervention content (e.g., videos, activities) across the i five synchronous sessions. Session I will focus on the issue of coming out and its impact on the family as well as on youth mental health. Session II centers on communication-based content. Sessions III and IV focuses on topic-centered content to address the knowledge gap parents have reported regarding general LGBTQ concerns and specific GBQ issues and builds on the communication skills learned in Session I. Session V provides a communication recap and focuses on how parents may have follow-up conversations. In between the sessions, asynchronous interactive homework assignments will be provided to review concepts learned in the previous sessions and to initiate joint activities between parents and GBQ youth.
Outros nomes:
  • Parents Advancing Supportive and Sexuality Inclusive Sex Talks
Comparador Ativo: Control Arm
Control group participants (n=238 parents) will be assigned to the health promotion arm and similarly asked to register into our secure Parents ASSIST study site but will be assigned to the control group educational resources: alcohol use, bullying, sleep hygiene, tobacco use, and body image issues. Individual participants will access via the website the videos on these non-sexual health focused conditions.
Comportamental: Parents ASSIST
Parents ASSIST is a 5-session intervention where an interventionist will facilitate sessions that will include 8-12 parents per group. Each parent will have access to intervention content (e.g., videos, activities) across the i five synchronous sessions. Session I will focus on the issue of coming out and its impact on the family as well as on youth mental health. Session II centers on communication-based content. Sessions III and IV focuses on topic-centered content to address the knowledge gap parents have reported regarding general LGBTQ concerns and specific GBQ issues and builds on the communication skills learned in Session I. Session V provides a communication recap and focuses on how parents may have follow-up conversations. In between the sessions, asynchronous interactive homework assignments will be provided to review concepts learned in the previous sessions and to initiate joint activities between parents and GBQ youth.
Outros nomes:
  • Parents Advancing Supportive and Sexuality Inclusive Sex Talks

O que o estudo está medindo?

Medidas de resultados primários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Parent-Adolescent Communication Quality
Prazo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
The quality of sexuality-sensitive communication will be determined using the Family Sexuality Communication Quotient - a measure of a general family orientation to discussion about sexuality between parents and children; this is an 18-item scale with options (1-Strongly Agree to 5-Strongly Disagree). The first subscale on comfort measures the perceived degree of openness with which sexuality is discussed in the family (e.g., I feel free to ask my parents questions about sexuality). The second subscale on information measures perception of the amount of information learned and shared during discussions (e.g., I feel better informed about sexuality if I talk to my parents.) (18 items; alpha = .91)
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Parent-Adolescent Communication Quantity
Prazo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
The Parent- Teen Sexual Risk Communication Topic Scale will be adopted and used to measure the quantity of topics discussed. Participants are asked if they had ever discussed the topics with their child/parent, and if so, which ones. To measure quantity, sample questions would be "To what extent have you ever discussed any of the following topics with your mother/father?" Sample items: coming out/disclosure of sexual orientation, using a condom, peer pressure and sexual pressure from dating partners, penilevaginal or other types of intercourse. Response options: (1) none, (2) a little, (3) some, (4) a lot, or (5) extensive. (8 items; alpha = .85-.95)
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

Medidas de resultados secundários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Adolescent and Parent Mental Health (Depression)
Prazo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression. In addition to making criteria-based diagnoses of depressive disorders, the PHQ-9 is also a reliable and valid measure of depression severity. These characteristics plus its brevity make the PHQ-9 a useful clinical and research tool. This 9-item questionnaire lists varying depression symptoms and inquires about how much each depression symptom has been noted as bothersome within the past two weeks. Response options are: (0) not at all, (1) several days a week, (2) more than half the days, (3) nearly every day. (9 items; alpha = .95)
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Adolescent and Parent Mental Health (Anxiety)
Prazo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
The GAD-7 is a valid and efficient tool for screening for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and assessing its severity in clinical practice and research. There was good agreement between self-report and interviewer-administered versions of the scale. This 7-item questionnaire lists varying anxiety symptoms and inquires about how much each symptom has been noted as bothersome within the past two weeks. Response options are: (0) not at all, (1) several days a week, (2) more than half the days, (3) nearly every day. (7 items; alpha = .92)
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Parent-Adolescent Health Behavior (Wellness Appointment)
Prazo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
We will measure successful setting up by both parent and GBQ child of screening appointments with an LGBTQ-competent provider during each follow-up survey. Three questions will asked: (1) Since the last survey, have you and your parent/GBQ child looked up LGBTQ-friendly health providers in your area? (Yes/No); (2) Since the last survey, have you and your parent/GBQ child made an appointment for a wellness appointment? (Yes/No); and (3) Since the last survey, have you and your parent/GBQ child seek out a healthcare provider to be screened for a sexually-transmitted infection? (Yes/No).
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Family Functioning
Prazo: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
The Family Assessment Device (FAD) is based on the McMaster Model of Family Functioning (MMFF), a clinically oriented conceptualization of families. It is a screening instrument consisting of 60-items. The model identifies seven dimensions of family functioning and this study will use the questions from three subscales (affective response, communication and general functioning). Response categories are as follows: strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree. Scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 reflecting healthy functioning and 4 reflecting unhealthy functioning. (24 items; alpha = .92)
Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

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Patrocinador

University of Pennsylvania

Colaboradores

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

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Dalmacio D Flores, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

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Datas de registro do estudo

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Datas Principais do Estudo

Início do estudo (Real)

1 de maio de 2026

Conclusão Primária (Estimado)

30 de dezembro de 2028

Conclusão do estudo (Estimado)

30 de agosto de 2029

Datas de inscrição no estudo

Enviado pela primeira vez

22 de junho de 2026

Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ

22 de junho de 2026

Primeira postagem (Real)

26 de junho de 2026

Atualizações de registro de estudo

Última Atualização Postada (Real)

15 de julho de 2026

Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade

13 de julho de 2026

Última verificação

1 de julho de 2026

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Outros números de identificação do estudo

  • 856192 (24-1002)
  • R01HD111516 (Concessão/Contrato do NIH dos EUA)

Plano para dados de participantes individuais (IPD)

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NÃO

Descrição do plano IPD

Only statistical information for primary and secondary outcomes will be shared. Individual participant data will not be shared.

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Não

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Não

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