RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06057337

Families With Pride ("Familias Con Orgullo").

Promoting Health and Reducing Risk Among Hispanic Sexual Minority Youth and Their Families

Sponsor

University of Miami

Enrollment

306 participants

Start Date

Mar 11, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Depression Drug Use

Summary

This study will evaluate the effects of a parenting intervention for Hispanic sexual minority youth in preventing/reducing drug use and depressive symptoms. It will also examine whether the intervention improves parent social support for the adolescent, parent acceptance, family functioning, and whether it reduces general stress and stress associated with being a Hispanic sexual minority.

Eligibility

Min Age: 13 YearsMax Age: 19 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

Youth, 13 - 19, who report at least one of the following: a) identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, or b) reports same-sex sexual behavior.
Adolescent has their disclosed their sexual minority status to at least one parent.
Adolescent is of Hispanic immigrant origin, defined by having at least one parent that self-identifies as Hispanic (English and Spanish speaking Hispanics can participate in the study).
Adolescent lives with an adult parent who is willing to participate.
Family lives in South Florida

Exclusion Criteria2

Adolescent identifies as transgender.
Family plans to move out of South Florida during the study period

Interventions

BEHAVIORALFamilies with Pride ("Familias con Orgullo")

Families with Pride (Familias con Orgullo) aims to prevent the co-occurring epidemics of drug use and depression in Hispanic sexual minority youth. It focuses on improving parent support for the adolescent, parent acceptance of the adolescent, family functioning (e.g., communication), and decreasing stress and sexual minority stress. The program consists of 11 weekly, in-person sessions: 7 parent group sessions, 3 concurrent adolescent group sessions, both lasting two hours, 4 family sessions lasting 1 hour in either Spanish or English, depending on participant language preference. In the parent group sessions, parents come together to foster social support, family functioning, and increase parental support and acceptance for the adolescent. In the adolescent sessions, adolescents build skills in confronting and managing stressors related to being a sexual minority.