Minority Stress Counseling for LGBTQ+ Individuals

NCT06614868 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: IRB-300013570NBLAB1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Minority Stress

Keywords

Minority Stress; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Depression

  Patient Health Questionnaire-9

  12 weeks

• Anxiety

  Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7

  12 Weeks

• Post Traumatic Stress

  Patient Checklist-5

  12 Weeks

• Internalized Heterosexism

  Internalized Homophobia Scale

  12 Weeks

• Discrimination

  Daily Heterosexist Questionnaire

  12 Weeks

• Alcohol Problems

  Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

  16 Weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Experiential Avoidance

  16 Weeks

• Affect

  16 Weeks

• Problematic Pornography Use

  12 Weeks

Study Arms (2)

Treatment Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receiving acceptance and commitment therapy

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Treatment as usual

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Unstructured counseling intervention

Behavioral: Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Interventions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy BEHAVIORAL

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

Treatment Group

Treatment as Usual (TAU) BEHAVIORAL

Unstructured counseling

Treatment as usual

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Must identify as non-heterosexual

You may not qualify if:

• Suicide attempt within the past 12 months.
• Current eating disorder.
• Narcotics use within the past 3 months
• Non-suicidal self-injury within the past 6 months.
• Current/History of psychosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Therapeutics

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Central Study Contacts

Nicholas Borgogna (Assistant Professor), PhD

CONTACT

7579693677; borgogna@uab.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Randomized control trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 24, 2024
• First Posted: September 26, 2024
• Study Start: January 15, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 15, 2026
• Last Updated: June 11, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE

Locations

US (1)