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Intervention to Improve Parent Communication About Sexuality
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Summary
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.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 100 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
476
Start Date
2026-05-01
Completion Date
2029-08-30
Last Updated
2026-06-26
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
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.
Locations (1)
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States