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Acceptability and Feasibility of an Adapted DBT-informed Skills Group for Gender Diverse Young People Co-delivered in a Charity Setting

NCT06237608 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2025-05-02

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Summary

Gender diverse (e.g. trans or non-binary) young people are at higher risk of self-harm and may be more likely to access support through gender-diverse-specific 3rd sector charities. Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) is a transdiagnostic intervention targeting emotion dysregulation, self-harm and suicidality and is recommended by best-practice clinical guidelines; There is developing evidence that DBT skills training can be offered as an effective stand-alone intervention.The current study, therefore, aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and early indicators of effectiveness of a DBT-informed skills group intervention in a gender diverse charity setting. The intervention will be co-facilitated with a gender-diverse support worker from the charity to develop the therapeutic skills of the charity staff working with the young people, whilst they provide specialist knowledge and valuable lived experience.

Research questions

1. Is the intervention feasible to deliver in a charity setting?
2. Is the intervention acceptable to participants and charity facilitators?

Participants will attend a 16-week group intervention. They will complete questionnaire to assess acceptability at the end of the intervention. Attrition rates, training time, and questionnaires will be used to assess feasibility. Outcome measures will also be completed by the participants every three weeks to indicate possible effectiveness of the intervention. The outcomes will include emotion dysregulation, coping skills, anxiety, depression and suicidal behaviours.

Conditions

  • Emotional Regulation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT)-informed skills group

16 week 1.5hr DBT-informed skills group facilitated by the lead researcher and two charity facilitators

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gendered Intelligence

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • King's College London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Stock · King's College London

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-03
Primary Completion
2024-08-01
Completion
2024-09-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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