Trial reportFamily process2022
Attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents.
Trial report in Family process, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents.Family process · 2022Trial
- LGBTQ+ Community Center Providers' Perceptions: Tensions and Solutions for Serving LGBTQ+ Youth With Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors and Their Families.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2026Article
- The impact of father-son relationship on suicidal ideation in Chinese gay and bisexual men: the mediating role of masculinity and self-esteem.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Perspectives of Parents of LGBTQ+ Youth with Mental Health Service Needs in the US Southeast: Challenges, Needs, and Recommendations for Improving LGBTQ+ Youth and Family Support.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2025Article
- Culturally informed and flexible family based treatment for adolescents: enhancements to better serve adolescents with self-harm behavior.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- "It doesn't feel easy at all": Stressors and Supports of Parenting Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents in the US Southeast.LGBTQ+ family : an interdisciplinary journal · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Review
- Evaluating attachment-based family therapy in residential treatment in the United States: does adolescents' increased attachment security to caregivers lead to decreases in depressive symptoms?Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
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- Threats to social safety and neuro-inflammatory mechanisms underlying sexual orientation disparities in depression symptom severity: A prospective cohort study of young adults.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024Article
- The role of sleep duration in suicide risk among sexual and gender minority adolescents.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of Racist Microaggressions and LGBTQ-Related Minority Stressors: Effects on Psychological Distress Among LGBTQ+ Young People of Color.Preventing chronic disease · 2023Article
- Combining attachment-based family therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to improve outcomes for adolescents with anxiety.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Attachment-based family therapy: Theory, clinical model, outcomes, and process research.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Review
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This pilot open trial examined the efficacy of attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) for Israeli sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults and their persistently nonaccepting parents. Thirty families received up to 26 weeks of treatment, with parental rejection, parental acceptance, and young adults' attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety assessed at baseline, 8, 16, 24, and 36 weeks (three months post-treatment). Analyses using multilevel growth models revealed that both young adults and their mothers independently reported increases in mothers' acceptance of their young adult's same-sex orientation or noncisgender identity. In addition, young adults reported decreases in both parents' levels of rejection. Also, mothers, but not fathers, reported decreases in their own level of rejection. Finally, young adults reported a decrease in attachment avoidance in their relationships with both mothers and fathers, but not a decrease in attachment anxiety. Importantly, these treatment gains were maintained three months after the end of treatment. Together, these results suggest that ABFT-SGM, a manualized, affirmative, experiential, family-based treatment, may be effective in reducing long-standing parental rejection, promoting parental acceptance, and improving the quality of LGBTQ+ young adults' relationships with their parents. These findings are encouraging in light of the urgent need for efficacious interventions to reduce family generated minority stress and promote safer, more supportive environments for sexual and gender minority people.
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