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

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

KindMind: 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.

Study 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.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire - Junior — From Baseline (i.e., before intervention administration) to four weeks after intervention administration.
  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.

Trial sites (1)

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