Effect of a Brief Social Contact Video on Transphobia and Depression-Related Stigma Among Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Transphobia and stigma remain barriers to seeking mental health care for gender-diverse adolescents.

Objective

To examine the utility of brief social contact-based video interventions of transgender protagonists with depression to reduce transphobia and depression-related stigma and increase treatment-seeking intentions among adolescents in the general population.

Design, setting, and participants

During August 2021, a total of 1437 participants were recruited and randomly assigned to 1 of 4 video-based conditions in a 2:2:1:1 ratio: (1) transgender adolescent girls, (2) transgender adolescent boys, (3) cisgender adolescent girls, or (4) cisgender adolescent boys.

Interventions

In each of the approximately 110-second videos, an empowered presenter sh

SUBMITTER: Amsalem D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8881766 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature