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A Peer-Support Mental Health Response Training For Lgbtqia+ Adolescents., Megan A Chernosky
A Peer-Support Mental Health Response Training For Lgbtqia+ Adolescents., Megan A Chernosky
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses
This paper will discuss the correlation between participation in a mental health peer-support training and adolescents’ self-reported feelings of preparedness to deal with mental health crises. The paper will focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other non-heterosexual, non-cisgender youth (LGBTQIA+) between the ages of 13 and 21 years old. The study used a quantitative, written survey with eighteen questions before the intervention, and another with five questions after the intervention. The study originally involved eleven participants, but the number of participants decreased to seven due to attrition. The intervention was administered to every participant. The data …