Results
homophobic
Mean scores at baseline on the homophobic and transphobic beliefs scale were similar (2.38 among youth receiving FLASH versus 2.34 among those in the comparison condition) on a scale of 1 to 5 (SD = 0.67 for both groups), with higher means indicating more homophobic or transphobic beliefs. At the 3- and 12-month time points, mean scores improved among the group receiving FLASH (2.28 among youth in the treatment condition versus 2.33 among those in the comparison condition at the 3-month follow-up; 2.26 among youth in the treatment condition versus 2.33 among those in the comparison condition at the 12-month follow-up) (Table Comparisons of adjusted means from baseline to each follow-up show that High School FLASH reduced homophobic beliefs among the full sample and the effects were statistically significant at both survey follow-up time points (Table FLASH’s positive impact on reducing homophobic and transphobic beliefs was noted for straight and cisgender youth as well as LGBTQ youth (Table 