PrejudicePSPNCT04531761
Evaluating the Efficacy of the Parent Support Program
A study testing Parent Support Program in people with Prejudice and Gender Identity, run by Palo Alto University at 1 site in United States.
Trial 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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Prejudice, Gender Identity, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- What is being tested?
- Parent Support Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 570 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 27 Sep 2020to 1 Dec 2021
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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.
Who cannot join
- Participants who participated in pilot study or focus groups related to this project.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
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.
- Conditions
- Prejudice, Gender Identity, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Being tested
- Parent Support Program
- Keywords
- transgender, trans youth, parental acceptance, parental support, LGBTQ
- Medical subject headings
- Prejudice, Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Parent Support ProgramBehavioural
The parent support program includes three modules aimed at increasing knowledge, positive attitudes, and supportive behaviors towards trans youth. Each online module includes several activities including writing prompts, videos, interactive quizzes, and other educational activities.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Immediate Access to Parent Support Program | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Parent Support Program |
| Waitlist Control | No intervention | Not described |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Trans-supportive behaviors scale
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).
Measured: One month
Secondary outcomes (4)
Attitudes Toward Trans Youth Scale (ATTYS - Birnkrant, 2018)
Two subscales of the original scale were used consisting of 27 items- Genderism, and Fabricated Identity. The scale had strong reliablity α = .98 and demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity.
Measured: One month
Objective knowledge about gender diversity
The author created a 18-item measure designed to test knowledge about constructs of gender and experiences of transgender people. The items are based on the program content and through best practices for creating multiple choice questions.
Measured: One month
Subjective knowledge about gender diversity
Participants perceptions of their own level knowledge regarding gender diversity will be measured using a 100-point Likert scale from 1 - not at all knowledgeable to 100- extremely knowledgeable. Participants will be asked to rate their perceived knowledge in the following areas: gender terminology, etiology, medical intervention, and impact of parental acceptance.
Measured: One month
Self-compassion
Self-compassion was measured by adapting the self-kindness subscale of the Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF) (Raes, Pommier, Neff, \& Van Gucht, 2011). The subscale demonstrated adequate reliability in a previous sample (α = .78) (Raes et al., 2011). The five items were adapted by adding "as a parent of a trans/non-binary child" at the end of each item to measure self-compassion related to parenting a trans child. Items were rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always). The measure showed strong internal consistency reliability in the pilot study of the Parent Support Program (α = .94).
Measured: One month
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Aug 2020
- Study start27 Sep 2020
- Primary completion1 Dec 2021
- Study completion1 Dec 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for PrejudiceStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 570 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Palo Alto University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- American Psychological Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Em Matsuno, Arizona State University
- Investigators
- Em Matsuno, PhD, Principal investigator, Palo Alto University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04531761
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2019-116
- Acronym
- PSP
- Status last verified
- Feb 2023
- First submitted
- 17 Aug 2020
- Last updated
- 8 Feb 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: No IPD will be shared with other researchers.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Feb 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Efficacy of the Parent Support Program
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04531761
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PSP / 2019-116
- Conditions
- Prejudice, Gender Identity, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Keywords
- transgender, trans youth, parental acceptance, parental support, LGBTQ
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 570 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Palo Alto UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- American Psychological Foundation
- Study start
- 27 Sep 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Dec 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Dec 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 Aug 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Immediate Access to Parent Support Program | Experimental | Behavioral: Parent Support Program |
| Waitlist Control | No intervention | – |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- 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.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Participants who participated in pilot study or focus groups related to this project.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Parent Support ProgramThe parent support program includes three modules aimed at increasing knowledge, positive attitudes, and supportive behaviors towards trans youth. Each online module includes several activities including writing prompts, videos, interactive quizzes, and other educational activities. | Behavioural | Immediate Access to Parent Support Program |
Primary outcome
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).
4 secondary outcomes
Attitudes Toward Trans Youth Scale (ATTYS - Birnkrant, 2018)
Time frame: One month
Objective knowledge about gender diversity
Time frame: One month
Subjective knowledge about gender diversity
Time frame: One month
Self-compassion
Time frame: One month
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Feb 2023.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. No IPD will be shared with other researchers.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Em Matsuno, PhD principal investigator
Palo Alto University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Parent Support Program in people with Prejudice and Gender Identity, run by Palo Alto University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Feb 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Trans-supportive behaviors scale (time frame: One month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Feb 2023.