The Healthy Families Bright Futures Study
Researchers at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs are conducting a study to evaluate an online program for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers.
Fast Facts
Parent/Caregiver to an LGBTQ+ Teen who has Dated in the Past 3 Months
18+ Years Old
Compensation For Completing Surveys
Conducted Online
Study Background
Participate in an interactive online group for LGBTQ+ teens and their parents!
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an online group program for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers. The program has seven weekly sessions, with separate one-hour sessions for teens and their caregivers. We need input from you and your teen to help us find out how the program works and how to make it better.
The program is meant to help teens and their caregivers learn more about being LGBTQ+, teach ways caregivers can support their teens, teach skills for caregivers and teens around dating, alcohol use, and staying safe, help LGBTQ+ teens’ feel good about themselves, and help increase caregivers’ ability to advocate for their teens.
Join our online study from anywhere in the U.S. and help develop better support systems for families like yours!
Study Background
Participate in an interactive online group for LGBTQ+ teens and their parents!
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an online group program for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers. The program has seven weekly sessions, with separate one-hour sessions for teens and their caregivers. We need input from you and your teen to help us find out how the program works and how to make it better.
The program is meant to help teens and their caregivers learn more about being LGBTQ+, teach ways caregivers can support their teens, teach skills for caregivers and teens around dating, alcohol use, and staying safe, help LGBTQ+ teens’ feel good about themselves, and help increase caregivers’ ability to advocate for their teens.
Join our online study from anywhere in the U.S. and help develop better support systems for families like yours!
Additional Information
The purpose of this study is to learn more about an online program for LGBTQ+ teens and their caregivers. We want to learn if this program provides parents of LGBTQ+ teens with tools to help their teens to stay safe and make healthy decisions. We also want to learn more about what teens and their caregivers like about the program, what they don’t like, and how we could change it to make it better.
You may qualify for this study if:
- You are at least 18 years of age.
- You are a parent/caregiver to an LGBTQ+ teen who has dated in the past 3 months.
- You have access to a device to log on to the Internet.
- You are able to complete a one hour, once weekly group for seven weeks.
You will need to do two things if you decide to be in this study. First, you will need to complete three online surveys on your phone, tablet, or computer. You will complete one survey right away, a second survey about two months later, and a final survey three months after you complete the second one. These surveys will ask about you, your interactions with your teen, and your parenting behaviors.
Second, you will need to attend seven online group program sessions that will be held once per week at the same time every week. You will either attend these group sessions right after you complete the initial online survey or after you complete the final online survey.
After each group session, you will be asked to complete a brief survey about what you thought about the session. We will keep all your survey answers private and will not share them with your teen.
You will not be paid for participating in this study, but you will receive gift cards for your time completing the surveys. You will receive a $15 gift card for completing the first online survey and $20 gift cards for completing each of the other two online surveys. You will also receive $15 gift cards for completing the short surveys about each session that you attend. The total amount of gift cards you can receive is $160. Your teen can also receive the same amount in gift cards for completing study surveys.
There is no cost for you to participate in our research study.
Meet The Principal Investigator
Heather Littleton, PhD
Professor, Director of Research Operations of the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience
Dr. Littleton received her PhD in Psychology from Virginia Tech in 2004. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology and a postdoctoral fellowship in Women’s Health/Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Dr. Littleton’s work spans clinical, health, social, and trauma psychology.In more recent years, Dr. Littleton has been interested in leveraging technology to deliver efficacious intervention and prevention programming, as well as to assess victimization risk behavior and adjustment among trauma survivors. She is also currently collaborating with Dr. Katie Edwards from the University of Nebraska to develop a telepsychology delivered intimate partner violence and alcohol use prevention program for LGBQ+ youth.
