Lucassen, Mathijs F. G.; Merry, Sally N.; Hatcher, Simon and Frampton, Christopher M. A.
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.12.008 |
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Abstract
A seven-module computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) program (Rainbow SPARX) was developed for adolescents with depressive symptoms who are also sexually attracted to the same sex, both sexes, or who are questioning their sexuality (i.e., sexual minority youth). In this paper a rationale for the use of CCBT amongst sexual minority youth with depression and a brief overview of the intervention are provided. Acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary data on Rainbow SPARX’s effectiveness, based on a pilot feasibility trial, are provided. Twenty-one sexual minority youth (male 52.4%) aged 13–19 years old with significant depressive symptomatology were enrolled in the study. Almost all the participants (n = 19, 90.5%) completed at least four out of seven modules of Rainbow SPARX and the program received favorable usefulness and likeability ratings. Depressive symptoms decreased significantly post-intervention (p < 0.0001, pre- to post-effect size d = 1.01) and this was maintained at 3-month follow-up. Rainbow SPARX is an acceptable, feasible, and promising intervention, which can be offered as a self-help resource that can be used in privacy and without stigma or can be used as an adjunct to face-to-face therapy.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||||
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| Copyright Holders: | 2014 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1077-7229 | ||||||
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| Keywords: | homosexuality; bisexuality; depression; psychotherapy; adolescent | ||||||
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care > Health and Social Care Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) |
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| Item ID: | 43968 | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Mathijs Lucassen | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2015 08:42 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2019 15:02 | ||||||
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/43968 | ||||||
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