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The Healthy Families Bright Futures Program

A study testing Healthy Families Bright Futures Program in people with Alcohol Drinking and Violence in Adolescence, run by University of Colorado, Colorado Springs at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about an online group program (Healthy Families Bright Futures program) for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: • is this program acceptable, appropriate, and feasible for LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers • does the program affect… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Alcohol Drinking, Violence in Adolescence
What is being tested?
Healthy Families Bright Futures Program
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
122 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
7 Jan 2025to 4 Mar 2026
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 15 to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age between 15 and 18 years
  • Self-identify as a sexual and/or gender minority or questioning identity
  • In dating/sexual/hook up relationship in past three months
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English
  • Current residence in United States
  • Regular Internet access
  • Ability to complete program and assessments
  • Has caregiver willing to complete program who is eligible to participate (18 +, sees teen at least once per week, can read/write/speak English, residence in US, Internet access, no current suicidality, psychotic symptoms, or symptoms of serious mental illness)

Who cannot join

  • Current enrollment as a college student
  • Current suicidality
  • Current psychotic symptoms
  • Current symptoms of serious mental illness

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80918-3733

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: An Online Family-based Program to Prevent Alcohol Use and Dating and Sexual Violence Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about an online group program (Healthy Families Bright Futures program) for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: • is this program acceptable, appropriate, and feasible for LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers • does the program affect teen (alcohol use, dating violence, alcohol use refusal self-efficacy, healthy communication self-efficacy) and caregiver (accepting behaviors, parenting self-efficacy, parenting behaviors) outcomes associated with risk for dating violence and alcohol use among LGBTQ+ teens. Participants will participate in a one-hour weekly online group for seven weeks with separate groups for teens and caregivers.

Read the detailed description

Research documents concerning rates of alcohol use (AU) and dating violence (DV) among sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY), likely related to a combination of population-specific risk factors (e.g., caregiver rejection, internalized homo/bi/transphobia), universal risk factors (e.g., deficits in social emotional skills and alcohol refusal skills, inaccurate perceptions of alcohol norms) and lack of protective factors (e.g., parenting and family relational skills). To date, however, little is known about how to concurrently prevent AU and DV among SGMY. This study will develop and evaluate an online family-based program (Healthy Families Bright Future program [HFBFP]) to prevent AU and DV among SGMY ages 15 to 18. The HFBFP is a group-based intervention that includes seven weekly separate caregiver and youth sessions. Programming for caregivers focuses on fostering acceptance and support for SGMY and enhancing relevant caregiving/positive parenting skills. Programming for SGMY focuses on reducing internalized homo/bi/transphobia and enhancing social-emotional skills, increasing accurate perceptions of alcohol and dating violence norms, increasing alcohol refusal skills, and improving conflict resolution strategies/improving assertive communication. SGMY and caregiver programming is designed to be complementary in content to enhance the potency of programming components, and program skills will be practiced as a family between sessions. The program is co-facilitated by an SGM young adult and SGMY caregiver. During the Pilot Evaluation Phase, the investigators will via a randomized controlled trial of caregiver-SGMY dyads (40 dyads assigned to the HFBFP and 40 dyads to a waitlist), assess the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the HFBFP via program observations, post-session surveys (n = 80), and exit interviews (n = 28) with participants. The study will test the HFBFP's efficacy in improving relevant family/caregiver outcomes (e.g., family communication skills, parenting self-efficacy, affirming behaviors) as well as relevant SGMY outcomes (e.g., alcohol use intentions, alcohol use, dating violence victimization and perpetration, minority stress, perceived DV/alcohol use norms, communication self-efficacy) via surveys completed at baseline, immediate post-test, and 3-month follow-up. Participants will be recruited from across the U.S. via social media and from LGBTQ+ organizations.

Being tested
Healthy Families Bright Futures Program
Keywords
dating violence, teen drinking, alcohol use, minority stress, parenting behaviors
Medical subject headings
Alcohol Drinking, Underage Drinking

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Healthy Families Bright Futures ProgramBehavioural

    Seven weekly online group sessions with separate sessions for teens and caregivers. Sessions focus on increasing knowledge and acceptance of LGBTQ+ identities, alcohol use and dating violence social norms correction, bystander intervention, assertive communication skills, social emotional skills, family problem solving, and parenting behaviors.

Study groups in NCT06309134
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Healthy Families Bright Futures ProgramExperimentalThis arm will complete the intervention. Assessments will occur at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and three month follow up.
Receives: Behavioral: Healthy Families Bright Futures Program
WaitlistNo interventionWaitlist control. This arm will complete assessments on the same schedule as the experimental condition.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Measure of Adolescent Relationships and Harassment and Abuse - Victimization

    Teens only- both dichotomous scores and mean scores calculated for each subscale administered (privacy control, social control, intimidation). Items refer to frequency of past month victimization (0 times [0], 1-3 times [1], 4-10 times [2], more than 10 times [3]). Higher scores reflect greater victimization.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  2. Measure of Adolescent Relationships and Harassment and Abuse - Perpetration

    Teens only- both dichotomous scores and mean scores calculated for each subscale administered (cyber control, social control, intimidation). Items refer to frequency of past month perpetration (0 times [0], 1-3 times [1], 4-10 times [2], more than 10 times [3]). Higher scores reflect greater perpetration.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  3. Monitoring the future alcohol use intentions

    Teens only, two items that query about intentions to drink alcohol in the next 3 months and the next 30 days. Rating scale responses ranging from 1- Definitely will and 5- Definitely won't. Mean score of both items are calculated. Possible range 1 to 5, higher scores reflect lower intentions to use alcohol.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  4. Monitoring the future alcohol use items

    Teens only- Items assesses frequency of alcohol use and frequency of getting drunk in past 30 days. Response options are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-9, 10-19, 20-39, 40+. Mean scores across both items are calculated. Higher scores reflect more frequent alcohol use.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  5. Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire- Shortened adolescent version

    Teens only- both total and subscale (opportunistic, social pressure, emotional relief) scores are calculated. Items are summed. Higher scores reflect greater alcohol refusal self-efficacy. Possible total range 9- 54.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  6. Conflict Tactics Scale- 2 (SGM Specific IPV Perpetration)

    Teens only- both a dichotomous and mean score calculated. For each item, teens indicate how often in the past month they engaged in the SGM specific dating violence behavior with options of 0 times (0), 1-3 times (1), 4-10 times (2), more than 10 times (3). Higher scores reflect greater engagement in SGM specific IPV.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  7. Conflict Tactics Scale- 2 (SGM Specific IPV Victimization)

    Teens only- both a dichotomous and mean score calculated. For each item, teens indicate how often in the past month they experience the SGM specific dating violence behavior with options of 0 times (0), 1-3 times (1), 4-10 times (2), more than 10 times (3). Higher scores reflect greater SGM specific IPV victimization.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  8. Program acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility ratings (drawn from Weiner)

    Teens and caregivers- subscales consist of 6 items each with one assessing appropriateness (e.g., the program was a good match to my needs), one assessing acceptability (e.g., I liked the program), and one assessing feasibility (e.g., The skills I learned in the program are easy to use). Mean scores are calculated for each subscale. For each item, participants rate their agreement with the statement on a 5 point scale ranging from 1 strongly disagree to 5 strongly agree. Mean subscale scores are compared to scale midpoint (3). Scores significantly above the midpoint are evidence of intervention acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility.

    Measured: 8 weeks

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. PHQ-8 (modified for adolescents)

    Teens only-Total scores are calculated. Higher scores reflect greater depression symptoms. Possible range 0-24.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  2. LGBTQ+ teen perceived drinking norms

    Teens only- two items assessing perceptions of on how many occasions participants believed LGBTQ+ teens on average drank and got drunk in the past 30 days. Response options are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-9, 10-19, 20-39, 40+ Mean scores are calculated across both items. Higher scores represent greater perceived drinking norms.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  3. LGBTQ+ teen perceived dating violence norms

    Teens only- 18 items assessing participants' perceptions of the percentage of LGBTQ+ teens who engaged in a variety of dating violence perpetration behaviors. For each item, participants estimate percentage of teens who engaged in each behavior in the past month, ranging from 0 to 100%. Mean scores are calculated for each subscale: social control, physical abuse, sexual abuse, isolation, cyber control, intimidation. Higher scores reflect greater perceived dating violence norms.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  4. Sexual communication self-efficacy scale

    Teens only- mean scores are calculated for both subscales: positive sexual messages, negative sexual messages. Higher scores reflect greater sexual communication self-efficacy. Subscale scores can range from 1 to 4.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  5. Communication skills test (modified to assess self-efficacy)

    Teens only- 9 items that assess participants' self-efficacy to engage in healthy communication strategies with their dating partners. Mean scores across all items are calculated. Higher scores reflect greater healthy communication self-efficacy. Scores can range from 1 to 4.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  6. Short Internalized Homonegativity Scale.

    Teens only- 11 items assess internalized homonegativity. One item that assesses comfort in LGBTQ+ bars was omitted. Items were modified to refer to LGBTQ+ identities. Total scores are calculated. Higher scores reflect greater internalized homonegativity. Scores can range from 11 to 55.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  7. Self-Efficacy for Parenting Adolescents Scale

    Caregivers only- three subscales administered: physical and sexual development, emotional responsivity and communication, and discipline and behavior management. Mean scores are calculated for each subscale. Higher scores reflect greater self-efficacy. Scores for each subscale can range from 1 to 4.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  8. Parental Monitoring Short Scale

    Teens and caregivers- mean scores are calculated for caregivers and teens for each subscale: parental knowledge, parental control, comunication. Higher scores on each subscale reflect greater use of each parental monitoring strategy. Scores on each subscale can range from 1 to 5.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  9. Parent Adolescent Communication Scale

    Teens and caregivers- total scores for each subscale are calculated separately for teens and caregivers: open communication and problem free communication. Higher scores reflect less perceived communication problems. Scores can range from 10 to 100 for each subscale.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  10. Alabama Parenting Questionnaire- Short form

    Caregivers only- Total score are calculated for each subscale (positive parenting, inconsistent discipline, poor supervision). Higher subscale scores reflect greater engagement in that parenting behavior. Scores on each subscale can range from 5 to 15.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  11. Social and Emotional Competencies Questionnaire

    Teens only- Total scores are calculated for each subscale (self-awareness, self-management and motivation, social awareness and prosocial behavior, decision making). Higher scores reflect greater perceived competence. Scores for self awareness subscale range from 4 to 20, scores for the self-management and decision making subscales range from 3 to 15, scores for the social awareness subscale range from 6 to 30.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

  12. LGBTQ+ Microaggressions and Microaffirmations in Families

    Teens and caregivers- mean scores are calculated for each subscale separately for teens and caregivers (interpersonal positive, interpersonal negative). For each subscale, higher scores reflect greater engagement in that behavior by the caregiver. Scores on each subscale can range from 0 to 4.

    Measured: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Mar 2024
  2. Study start7 Jan 2025
  3. Primary completion4 Mar 2026
  4. Study completion4 Mar 2026

Resources

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
Parallel groups
Model description
Participants will be randomly assigned by algorithm to either complete the program or to waitlist. Allocation to conditions will be 50/50. Randomization will occur at the dyad level.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
122 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06309134
Sponsor's protocol ID
R34AA030662
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
23 Feb 2024
Last updated
1 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: IPD will be deposited into NIMH Data Archive. Participants will be identified by pseudoGUIDS

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Healthy Families Bright Futures Program in people with Alcohol Drinking and Violence in Adolescence, run by University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 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 8 inclusion and 4 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 1 Sep 2026. 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?

Measure of Adolescent Relationships and Harassment and Abuse - Victimization (time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. 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 1 Sep 2026.

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