Abstract

Parental support plays a vital role in protecting trans youth from mental health risks including depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicide. This study examined the acceptability of the Parent Support Program, an online intervention aimed at increasing transgender affirming behaviors. The Parent Support Program includes three modules with psychoeducational text, affirming images, educational videos, videos of parents and trans youth, writing activities, and interactive quizzes. The program content and structure were developed based on psychological theories of behavior change and relevant research. Feedback was collected from two focus groups with parents of transgender youth and experts in transgender mental health. This pilot study found that the intervention was highly acceptable and provided useful information on how to improve the intervention in preparation for a larger efficacy study. Improvements include making the intervention more tailored to the participant and modifying writing exercises. Implications for future research and practice with this population are discussed.

摘要

父母的支持在保护跨性别青年免受包括抑郁、焦虑、药物滥用和自杀在内的心理健康风险方面起着至关重要的作用。这项研究检查了家长支持计划的可接受性，这是一项旨在增加跨性别肯定行为的在线干预。家长支持计划包括三个模块，包括心理教育文本、肯定图像、教育视频、父母和跨性别青年的视频、写作活动和互动测验。课程内容和结构是根据行为改变的心理学理论和相关研究制定的。反馈来自两个焦点小组，其中包括跨性别青年的父母和跨性别心理健康专家。该试点研究发现，该干预措施是高度可接受的，并提供了有关如何改进干预措施以准备更大规模疗效研究的有用信息。改进包括使干预更适合参与者和修改写作练习。讨论了对该人群未来研究和实践的影响。