AFFIRM Youth is currently the only intervention for LGBTQ+ youth rated by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC)

AFFIRM: Scientific Evidence and Implementation Considerations

2023

Risk and resilience in a time of crisis: The experiences of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults participating in a virtual AFFIRMative CBT group (AFFIRM Online) during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2022

Facilitating Resilience Across the Intersections: Participant- and Clinician-Identified Barriers and Facilitators to the Delivery of an Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention to LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults

2022

Demonstrating LGBTQ+ affirmative practice in groups: Developing competence through simulation-based learning.

2021

AFFIRM Online: Utilising an Affirmative Cognitive–Behavioural Digital Intervention to Improve Mental Health, Access, and Engagement among LGBTQA+ Youth and Young Adults.

Assessing the fidelity of an affirmative cognitive behavioral group intervention.

Preliminary Effectiveness of an LGBTQ+ Affirmative Parenting Intervention with Foster Parents

Efficacy of affirmative cognitive behavioural group therapy for sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults in community settings in Ontario, Canada.

Adapting clinical skills to an online environment: the virtual implementation of affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for LGBTQ+ youth.

2020

The role of facilitator training in intervention delivery: Preparing clinicians to deliver AFFIRMative group cognitive behavioral therapy to sexual and gender minority youth

The delivery of technology-mediated affirmative cognitive behavioural therapy groups to LGBTQ+ youth during a pandemic: A practice innovation.

2019

Project Youth AFFIRM: Protocol for Implementation of an Affirmative Coping Skills Intervention to Improve the Mental and Sexual Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

2018

An AFFIRMative cognitive behavioral intervention for transgender youth: Preliminary effectiveness.

2016

Affirmative Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults. Special Issue: Clinical Issues and Affirmative Treatment with Transgender Clients

The AFFIRM Open Pilot Feasibility Study: A Brief Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Coping Skills Group Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.

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Online LGBTQ+ Research Hub

The inQyr online research hub features a database of research on AFFIRM as well as other LGBTQ+ youth research, sorted by release date and tagged with applicable themes and topics. Explore summaries of publications covering areas such as affirmative practice, resilience, or identity development. Each entry includes a summary of the research and links out to the article. The hub is frequently updated.