Huebner David M, Rullo Jordan E, Thoma Brian C, McGarrity Larissa A, Mackenzie Jenny
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380 South 1530 East, Room 502, Salt Lake City, UT, 84122, USA,
J Prim Prev. 2013 Oct;34(5):359-69. doi: 10.1007/s10935-013-0319-y.
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are at increased risk for a variety of poor health outcomes, relative to their heterosexual counterparts, and recent research implicates family responses to a child's sexual orientation as an important predictor of these health difficulties. Lead with Love is a 35-min documentary-style preventive intervention created to improve parents' behaviors toward their lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) children, by providing parents with support, information, and concrete behavioral guidance. The film was made available free online, and was promoted widely with a multi-media marketing campaign. In this paper we describe the theoretical and empirical rationale for the intervention, and report findings from pilot data collected in the first year after the film's release. Specifically, we gathered data to examine the feasibility of reaching parents of LGB youth with this intervention, to determine whether it was acceptable, and to provide preliminary indicators of its potential efficacy. In the first 12 months after launch, 10,949 individuals viewed the film online. The film successfully reached parents of LGB youth (n=1,865), including the hardest to reach parents: 21% had only learned about their child's sexual orientation in the past month, 36% reported having an LGB child was "very" or "extremely" hard for them, and 86% had never obtained any other formal support for having an LGB child. Parents who completed a follow-up assessment immediately after the film reported significant pre- to post-film increases in self-efficacy for parenting an LGB child.
相对于异性恋青少年，女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋青少年面临各种不良健康后果的风险更高，最近的研究表明，家庭对孩子性取向的反应是这些健康问题的重要预测因素。《以爱为先》是一部35分钟的纪录片式预防干预片，旨在通过为父母提供支持、信息和具体的行为指导，改善他们对女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）子女的行为。这部影片在网上免费提供，并通过多媒体营销活动进行了广泛宣传。在本文中，我们描述了该干预措施的理论和实证依据，并报告了影片发行后第一年收集的试点数据的结果。具体来说，我们收集数据以检验通过这种干预措施接触LGB青少年父母的可行性，确定其是否可接受，并提供其潜在效果的初步指标。在推出后的前12个月里，有10949人在线观看了这部影片。该影片成功地接触到了LGB青少年的父母（n=1865）,包括最难接触到的父母：21%的人在过去一个月才知道孩子的性取向，36%的人表示有一个LGB孩子对他们来说“非常”或“极其”困难，86%的人从未因有一个LGB孩子而获得过任何其他正式支持。看完影片后立即完成后续评估的父母报告说，在养育LGB孩子方面，影片前后他们的自我效能感有显著提高。
