Evaluating the Efficacy of the Parent Support Program
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto University
- Enrollment
- 570
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Trans-supportive behaviors scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online intervention (the Parents Support Program) aimed at increasing supportive behaviors among parents of transgender youth. The intervention consists of three modules that include a variety engaging activities such as social perspective taking exercises, writing prompts, videos of parents, youth, and experts, and psycho-educational materials. The study uses an experimental design with a waitlist control. Both the experimental and control groups will complete a pre-test, one month follow up, and two month follow up survey. Targeted outcomes include knowledge about gender diversity, attitudes about trans youth, and supportive parenting behaviors.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Crossover
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Must be 18 years of age or older.
- •Must live in the United States.
- •Must be comfortable communicating in English.
- •Must be a parent of a trans child between the ages of 10 - 24.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Participants who participated in pilot study or focus groups related to this project.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Trans-supportive behaviors scale
Time Frame: One month
This 20 item questionnaire measures the frequency of supportive behaviors enacted in the past month. Response options ranged from 1 (never) to 5 (frequently) based on item anchors from the Ryan et al. (2010) measure on family acceptance. The original 25-item scale was reduced to 20 items based on achieving adequate internal consistency reliability in a previous study with parents of trans youth (Matsuno \& Israel, in preparation). An example item is: "I told my child I respect and support them." The measure showed adequate internal consistency reliability in the pilot study of the Parent Support Program (α = .8).
Secondary Outcomes
- Attitudes Toward Trans Youth Scale (ATTYS - Birnkrant, 2018)(One month)
- Objective knowledge about gender diversity(One month)
- Subjective knowledge about gender diversity(One month)
- Self-compassion(One month)
Investigators
Em Matsuno
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University