Reducing behavioral health symptoms by addressing minority stressors in LGBTQ adolescents: a randomized controlled trial of Proud & Empowered.
BMC Public Health
; 21(1): 2315, 2021 12 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1632721
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Minority stress may lead to poorer mental health for sexual and gender minority adolescents, yet no interventions have been tested through an RCT to address these concerns.METHODS:
We report on an RCT of an intervention-Proud & Empowered-with four high schools. Measures assess the intervention's impact on mental health symptoms.RESULTS:
Compared to the control, participants in the treatment condition reported significant differences in minority stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Moderation analyses showed that the intervention significantly moderated the relationship between minority stress and PTSD (b = -1.28, p = .032), depression (b = -0.79, p = .023), and suicidality (b = 0.14, p = .012) symptoms; those in the intervention condition had mitigated relationships between measures of stress and health outcomes compared to those in the control condition.CONCLUSIONS:
Results suggest that Proud & Empowered help reduce mental health symptoms and exposure to minority stressors and build coping strategies. TRIAL REGISTRATION The intervention was registered on clinicaltrials.gov on August 1, 2019 under Trial # NCT04041414 .Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety Disorders
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Sexual and Gender Minorities
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Public Health
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12889-021-12357-5
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