Social Media Use and Well-being Study for College Students
This study is looking at how two different approaches might help college students who use social media a lot. You would either try daily guided meditation (Mindfulness) or reduce your social media use and exercise instead (Social Media Reduction + Exercise). Researchers want to see if these interventions can improve your well-being and reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. They will also track your social media screen time. To join, you need to be a Johns Hopkins University student, 18 or older, own a smartphone, and use social media for more than one hour daily. The study aims to see if these interventions make a difference during and after a two-week period.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with 300 planned participants. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: a control group (no intervention), a mindfulness group, or a social media reduction + exercise group.
- What's involved
- You would participate in daily activities for two weeks, either guided meditation or reducing social media and exercising. You would also provide smartphone use metrics and complete surveys at the start, immediately after the two weeks, and one week later.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for one week after the two-week intervention period ends, making a total of three weeks from the study's start.
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Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a Two-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Johannes Thrul, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Johns Hopkins University
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Change in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21)baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Score range = 0-63, higher score = worse outcome
- Change in World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoLBREF) scalebaseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Score range = 13-65, lower score = worse outcome
- Change in smartphone screen time (minutes) for social media usebaseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Past-week amount of screen time for social media use
- Change in number of social media use smartphone pick-upsbaseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Past-week total number of smartphone pickups for social media use applications
- Change in percent of time using social mediabaseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Past-week percent of time using social media compared to other smartphone application categories.
- Change in social media use notifications receivedbaseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Past-week total number of notifications received for social media use applications