Table 1 Recommendations on how to improve the videos brought up by the participants
General Aspects of the Video | |
• Feature various protagonists of different LGBTQ+ groups and gender identities as well as different personal styles and appearances to offer opportunities for identification | |
• Consider different characteristics of LGBTQ+ groups in the production of the videos and address their specific issues carefully (e.g., specific issues bisexual adolescents have to face) | |
• Authentic appearance and narrative of the protagonist | |
• Videos should have a certain level of quality but not be overproduced (no background noise or blurry pictures) | |
Narrative | |
• Feature different narratives to offer opportunities for identification | |
• Feature a lived experience: provide a narrative that starts by outlining briefly past adverse circumstances (a “low point”) followed by a detailed description of how life got or is now better | |
• Details are essential, and advice or ways on how to overcome a crisis should be specific | |
• Personal narrative should be positive, but should not diminish negative aspects in life; videos should have a “happy end” | |
• Address issues typically encountered during adolescence which are not necessarily only LGBTQ+ related | |
Suicidality | |
• Address suicidality explicitly using a positive framing: describe a suicidal crisis and show ways how to positively cope with it | |
• Provide resources to professional help services in the videos in order to assist with suicidal ideation and behaviors |