Destigmatizing perceptions about Black adolescent depression: randomized controlled trial of brief social contact-based video interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the utility of brief social contact-based video interventions of a Black adolescent girl to reduce stigmatized attitudes and increase help-seeking intentions around adolescent depression.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 14- to18-year-old healthy volunteers drawn from the general US population. We enrolled participants through a crowdsourcing platform (n = 1,093) and randomly assigned participants to one of three video conditions (117 s each): depressed (DEP); depressed, adjusted to aspects unique to being a Black adolescent girl (including experienced or internalized racism; ADJ); and control (CONT). The primary outcome was the Depression Stigma Scale (DSS); secondary outcomes were the General Health-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ

SUBMITTER: Martin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9307690 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature