Randomized evaluation of an online single-session intervention for minority stress in LGBTQ+ adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

LGBTQ+ youth face myriad adverse health outcomes due to minority stress, creating a need for accessible, mechanism-targeted interventions to mitigate these minority stress-related risk factors. We tested the effectiveness and acceptability of Project RISE, an online single-session intervention designed to ameliorate internalized stigma and improve other outcomes among LGBTQ+ youth. We hypothesized that youth assigned to RISE (versus a control) would report significantly reduced internalized stigma and increased identity pride at post-intervention and at two-week follow-up and would find RISE acceptable.

Methods

We recruited adolescents nationally through Instagram advertisements in May 2022 (N = 538; M age = 15.06, SD age = 0.97). Participants

SUBMITTER: Shen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457524 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature