Piloting a Brief, Online Intervention for Suicidality in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

NCT07402265 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 127209
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 250
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Sexual and gender minority youth (i.e., LGBTQ+ individuals) are at elevated risk for suicidal thoughts compared to cisgender/heterosexual youth and there is increased demand for programs and treatments tailored to this population. The current study seeks to pilot a brief, online, self-guided intervention for suicidal thoughts designed for sexual and gender minority youth to test if this intervention is acceptable to this population and if completing this intervention significantly decreases suicidal thoughts.

Conditions

Suicidal Thoughts; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Youth

Keywords

Suicidal thoughts; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Youth; Brief; Online; Self-Guided; Self-Compassion; Self-Neutrality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire - Junior

  Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire - Junior (SIQ-Jr; Reynolds, 1987). The SIQ-Jr was used to assess suicidal ideation in the current study. This self-report measure include 15 items of suicidal thoughts that are rated on a 7-item scale (i.e., Almost every day, couple of times a week, about once a week, couple of times a month, About once a month, I had this thought before but not in the past month, I never had this thought) of how frequency the respondent had each thought in their mind over the past month. Sample items include I thought about dying, I wished I were dead, and I thought about killing myself. The SIQ-Jr is scored by summing the responses to create a total score from 0-90, with higher scores indicating a higher severity of suicidal ideation.

  From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Suicidal Ideation Thoughts and Behaviours Interview - Revised

  From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.

• Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form

  From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.

• Patient Health Questionnaire - 9

  From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.

• Hopelessness Scale for Children

  From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7

  From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.

Other Outcomes (2)

• Intervention Feedback Questions.

  Immediately following intervention administration

• Visual Analogue Scales

  From immediately before intervention administration to immediately after intervention administration.

Study Arms (1)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete the online, self-guided program, which will take approximately 30 minutes and involve participants completing modules describing how to use self-compassion/self-neutrality techniques to reduce suicidal thoughts.

Behavioral: KindMind

Interventions

KindMind BEHAVIORAL

This intervention is hosted on Wix-com and involves multiple self-guided modules in which participants are taught how to use self-compassion and/or self-neutrality to reduce suicidal thoughts. This intervention is tailored to sexual and gender minority youth.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 25 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Participants must identify as a sexual and/or gender minority to participate. All genders are eligible if the individual meets the other inclusion criteria (e.g., identifies as either a sexual minority or gender minority).
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Resident of Canada
• Fluent in English
• Youth (i.e., 13-25 years)
• Identifies as a sexual and/or gender minority (i.e., any sexual identity excluding heterosexual and/or any gender identity excluding cisgender)
• Endorses experiencing any suicidal ideation within the past 6 months
• Access to a computer and able to participate virtually

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Western University: lead
• Western University, Canada: collaborator
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation; Coitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Suicide; Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Sexual Behavior

Study Officials

• Lindsay P Bodell, PhD

  Western University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Genevieve M Bianchini, MSc

CONTACT

519-661-2111; gbianch2@uwo.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: All participants will complete the same program. There is no control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 30, 2026
• First Posted: February 11, 2026
• Study Start: February 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026
• Last Updated: February 11, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share