Clinical trial NCT06691282: A Self-compassion Intervention for LGBTQ+ Individuals
Official title: A Self-compassion Intervention for LGBTQ+ Individuals: a Feasibility Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: LGBTQ
Mental Health
Body Image
Self-Compassion
Keywords: LGBT
mental health
self-compassion
body image
Lead sponsor: Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-15
Enrollment: 17
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Gender and sexual minorities often face minority stress, leading to body dissatisfaction and potential psychological issues like anxiety and depression. Self-compassion has been identified as an effective strategy for managing emotions during negative experiences and may serve as a protective factor against minority stress and body image concerns. However, research on self-compassion interventions specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals is limited. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a self-compassion intervention to enhance body image and psychological well-being among LGBTQ+ individuals in Hong Kong.

Detailed description: Gender and sexual minorities often experience minority stress, which could lead to negative thoughts and feelings of their bodies. The substantial body dissatisfaction may contribute to psychological issues such as anxiety and depression. Self-compassion has emerged as an adaptive methods for regulating emotions in response to negative experience and perceived personal failures. Research indicates that self-compassion could act as protective factors of sexual minority stress and body image concerns. However, there is currently a lack of studies investigating the effectiveness of the self-compassion based intervention in improving body image and psychological outcomes among LGBTQ+ individuals.

The proposed study aims to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a self-compassion intervention for body image and psychological well-being among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals in Hong Kong.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 18 years or above;
* Self-identified as LGBTQ+;
* Able to speak, read, and write Cantonese or Putonghua;
* Willing to participate in the study and share their experience of the intervention with the research team;
* Provide written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current psychosis or intellectual disability;
* Current suicidal ideation with intent (score ≥ 4) as measured using the Columbia suicide severity rating scale;
* Participation in similar studies.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-compassion
timeFrame: Through study completion, on average 4 weeks
measure: Internalized stigma
timeFrame: Through study completion, on average 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Body image
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 4 weeks
measure: Anxiety
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 4 weeks
measure: Depression
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 4 weeks
measure: Self-objectification
timeFrame: Through study completion, on average 4 weeks
measure: self-esteem
timeFrame: Through study completion, on average 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Study officials:
affiliation: Hong Kong Metropolitan University
name: Haixia Ma, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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