"It changed me for the better": Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of an online program for sexual and gender minority youth to prevent alcohol use and teen dating violence.
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| Title: | "It changed me for the better": Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of an online program for sexual and gender minority youth to prevent alcohol use and teen dating violence. |
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| Authors: | Edwards, Katie M.1 (AUTHOR) katie.edwards@unl.edu, Littleton, Heather2 (AUTHOR), Gardella, Joseph3 (AUTHOR), Farquhar-Leicester, Alexander1 (AUTHOR), Huff, Merle1 (AUTHOR), Spitz, Caroline1 (AUTHOR), Wheeler, Lorey A.1 (AUTHOR), Neighbors, Clayton4 (AUTHOR), Hopfauf, Skyler1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Children & Youth Services Review. Sep2024, Vol. 164, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Psychological resilience, *Adolescence, Safety, Evaluation of human services programs, Pilot projects, Descriptive statistics, Sexual minorities, Online information services, Alcohol drinking, Dating violence, Group process |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | • PRYSHM is an online group program for sexual and gender minority youth. • PRYSHM was liked by youth and perceived to be impactful. • PRYSHM was delivered with fidelity. • The average attendance was 6.50 out of 9 sessions. • Feedback from youth was used to revise the program for future research. The purpose of the current study was to describe and present implementation outcome data from an open pilot trial of the Promoting Resilient Youth with Strong Hearts and Mind (PRYSHM) Program, an online, live-facilitated, nine-session group program for dating sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) ages 15 to 18. The program, co-facilitated by two LGBTQIA2S+ adults, focuses on reducing proximal forms of minority stress and building LGBTQIA2S+ community in addition to providing evidence-based teen dating violence (TDV) and alcohol use (AU) prevention components. Participants (recruited via social media) included 18 SGMY (ages 15 to 17) from across the U.S. who completed a baseline survey and immediate post-test, as well as post-session surveys following each of the nine sessions. Sessions were recorded to monitor fidelity and facilitation skills. The intervention was highly acceptable, and the program was perceived to be relevant and impactful, as evidenced by SGMY agreeing or strongly agreeing to items assessing these domains. Further, fidelity was 82.4% (average) across sessions, and the average attendance was 6.50 out of 9 sessions. SGMY also provided open-ended feedback used to revise the PRYSHM program for future implementation and evaluation research. These data provide preliminary support for PRYSHM as a feasible, acceptable, and safe prevention program and suggest that further evaluation of the program using larger samples and rigorous outcome evaluation methods is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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