This pilot study sought to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a brief, eight module
affirmative cognitive behavioral coping skills group intervention (AFFIRM) with sexual and …

Objective This study tested the efficacy of AFFIRM, a brief affirmative cognitive-behavioural
group intervention tailored to reduce psychosocial distress and improve coping among …

Social workers who work from a strengths-based perspective take advantage of a client's
innate capacity to rebound and recover. It is this person-centered practice approach that …

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) youth are a population
with a unique set of service needs. Existing research on effective service methods with …

Queer young people, or young people who are sexuality diverse and/or trans and gender
diverse, face a higher lifetime likelihood of homelessness than their cis-heterosexual peers …

Many models of queer sexuality continue to depict a linear narrative of sexual development,
beginning in repression/concealment and eventuating in coming out. The present study …

A school-based needs assessment was undertaken with a sample of primarily Hispanic and
African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)(N= 180) high school …

Recreation professionals have moral, fiscal, and legal incentives to ensure that individuals
who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) have access to safe …

Background: Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY, aged 14-29 years) face increased
risks to their well-being, including rejection by family, exclusion from society, depression …

Strengths-based interventions have potential to improve the wellbeing of sexual and gender
minority youth (SGMY). This study examined the youth program acceptability of two …