Helping Parents Talk About Sexuality with Gay or Bisexual Sons

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This randomized controlled trial evaluates a 5-session online intervention called Parents ASSIST, designed to improve how parents discuss sexuality with their gay or bisexual sons and to promote inclusive health information. Parent–youth dyads will be enrolled, with 476 pairs, to see if the program increases comfort and breadth of conversations and reduces mental health symptoms in both groups. The trial examines whether the intervention enhances health behaviors, such as access to preventive care, and overall family functioning after disclosure of sexual minority status. Participants include cisgender male youths ages 12–18 who identify as gay or bisexual, and a participating parent in the United States. The study is led by the University of Pennsylvania with NICHD collaboration and will be conducted at Penn in Philadelphia.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Youth participants are:

* identify as a cisgender sexual minority male (e.g., gay or bisexual)
* be between ages 12-18 years
* able to comprehend spoken English
* resides in the United States
* consents or assents to study participation

Parent participants are:

* the parent, legal guardians, legal custodians (hereinafter "parent") of gay or bisexual adolescent
* age 18 or older
* able to comprehend spoken English
* resides in the United States
* consents to study participation
* consents to their child's study participation

Where it's running

• University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Dalmacio D Flores, PhD — University of Pennsylvania
• Study coordinator: Dalmacio D Flores, PhD
• Email: dalmacio@nursing.upenn.edu
• Phone: 4043944593

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.