Project QueST 2023: Queer Survivors of Trauma

Project QueST 2023: Queer Survivors of Trauma

This study aims to test the initial efficacy of tailored online writing interventions specifically designed for sexual minority women, transgender individuals, and/or nonbinary people to target the primary outcomes: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity and hazardous drinking.

This study aims to provide a novel method for adapting and testing evidence-based expressive writing (EW) treatments for trauma-exposed sexual minority women (SMW) and gender diverse individuals. The investigators will (1) describe the development and components of the proposed EW treatments, (2) discuss our plan for evaluating acceptability and feasibility of the proposed study, (3) identify steps for characterizing preliminary efficacy of EW treatments in reducing PTSD symptom severity and hazardous drinking levels compared to control, and (4) highlight our strategy for preliminarily evaluating mediators and moderators of treatment efficacy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• being at least 18 years of age
• reporting English fluency
• identifying as sexual minority women, inclusive of gender-diverse people
• living in the United States (US)
• reporting one or more Criterion A traumatic events
• having internet and email access
• not having received inpatient psychiatric support in the past six months

Exclusion Criteria:

• failing an inclusion criterion