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Minority Stress Counseling for LGBTQ+ Individuals

ConditionMinority Stress
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

About this trial

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (LGBTQ+) individuals experience a breadth of mental health disparities. Reducing these disparities is an area of key psychological research. Minority stress is theorized to be an underlying source of the disparities (Meyer, 2003). Minority stress can be conceptualized as the internalized stigma that results from experiences of social marginalization. By reducing minority stress, it is hypothesized that generalized mental illness indicators might be reduced and indicators of wellbeing increased.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Must identify as non-heterosexual

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    Behavioral

    Up to 16 session of unstructured counseling therapy informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tradition.

  • Treatment as Usual (TAU)

    Behavioral

    Unstructured counseling

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Treatment GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Treatment as usualActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Depression

Patient Health Questionnaire-9

Time frame
12 weeks
2

Anxiety

Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7

Time frame
12 Weeks
3

Post Traumatic Stress

Patient Checklist-5

Time frame
12 Weeks
4

Internalized Heterosexism

Internalized Homophobia Scale

Time frame
12 Weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Experiential Avoidance

Experiential Avoidance Rating Scale

Time frame
16 Weeks
2

Affect

Positive Negative Affect Schedule

Time frame
16 Weeks
3

Problematic Pornography Use

Brief Pornography Screen

Time frame
12 Weeks
4

Life Quality

Quality of Life Scale

Time frame
12 Weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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