Evaluating the Efficacy of the Parent Support Program (PSP)

Palo Alto University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gender Identity; Prejudice; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent Support Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04531761

2019-116

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 570 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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570 participants in 2 patient groups

Immediate Access to Parent Support Program

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent Support Program

Waitlist Control

No Intervention group