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Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours

This study was the first to determine whether it was feasible and acceptable to use experience sampling methods (ESM) among LGBTQ+ young people, who had current experiences of self-harm. Sixteen LGBTQ+ young people (16–25 years old) took part in the experience sampling study. This included a baselin...

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Autores principales: Williams, A. J., Arcelus, Jon, Townsend, Ellen, Michail, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9428709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061288
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.916164
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description This study was the first to determine whether it was feasible and acceptable to use experience sampling methods (ESM) among LGBTQ+ young people, who had current experiences of self-harm. Sixteen LGBTQ+ young people (16–25 years old) took part in the experience sampling study. This included a baseline assessment, a 7-day ESM assessment (participants were sampled six times a day using a phone app), and the option of an interview at the end of the 7-day ESM assessment. Feasibility data was descriptively analysed, with pilot ESM data presented. Qualitative data was thematically analysed to determine the acceptability (barriers and facilitators) of taking part in this study. Study feasibility was assessed by enrolment rate (55.2%), participant retention across assessment period (100%), ESM app feasibility (87.5%), and good adherence to total number of ESM surveys (67.6%). Individual study adherence ranged between 43 and 95.2%. Study acceptability was assessed by participant interviews. Thematic analysis indicated four superordinate themes; (i) Self-reflection and awareness; (ii) Practicalities of ESM surveys; (iii) Daily timeframes; and (iv) Suggestions for future studies. Pilot ESM data demonstrates that there was fluctuation of depressive and anxiety symptoms within- and between- participants over the course of the study, however, greater sample power is needed for full analysis. This study demonstrated that ESM designs are feasible and acceptable among LGBTQ+ young people with current experiences of self-harm. Pilot data indicated that specific experiences and moods are likely to be important to self-harm. These potentially have a temporal influence on self-harm behaviour or ideation, and therefore should be examined in a fully powered sample.
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spelling pubmed-94287092022-09-01 Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours Williams, A. J. Arcelus, Jon Townsend, Ellen Michail, Maria Front Psychiatry Psychiatry This study was the first to determine whether it was feasible and acceptable to use experience sampling methods (ESM) among LGBTQ+ young people, who had current experiences of self-harm. Sixteen LGBTQ+ young people (16–25 years old) took part in the experience sampling study. This included a baseline assessment, a 7-day ESM assessment (participants were sampled six times a day using a phone app), and the option of an interview at the end of the 7-day ESM assessment. Feasibility data was descriptively analysed, with pilot ESM data presented. Qualitative data was thematically analysed to determine the acceptability (barriers and facilitators) of taking part in this study. Study feasibility was assessed by enrolment rate (55.2%), participant retention across assessment period (100%), ESM app feasibility (87.5%), and good adherence to total number of ESM surveys (67.6%). Individual study adherence ranged between 43 and 95.2%. Study acceptability was assessed by participant interviews. Thematic analysis indicated four superordinate themes; (i) Self-reflection and awareness; (ii) Practicalities of ESM surveys; (iii) Daily timeframes; and (iv) Suggestions for future studies. Pilot ESM data demonstrates that there was fluctuation of depressive and anxiety symptoms within- and between- participants over the course of the study, however, greater sample power is needed for full analysis. This study demonstrated that ESM designs are feasible and acceptable among LGBTQ+ young people with current experiences of self-harm. Pilot data indicated that specific experiences and moods are likely to be important to self-harm. These potentially have a temporal influence on self-harm behaviour or ideation, and therefore should be examined in a fully powered sample. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9428709/ /pubmed/36061288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.916164 Text en Copyright © 2022 Williams, Arcelus, Townsend and Michail. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
title Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
title_full Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
title_fullStr Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
title_short Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
title_sort feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among lgbtq+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9428709/
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