Social Media and Emotional Experiences in Adolescents
This study, called SCREENS, is looking at how social media use affects the emotional well-being of teenagers (ages 13-18) who experience depression or suicidal thoughts. It's an observational study, meaning researchers will watch and collect information without giving any specific treatments. You would use a smartphone app for 30 days to track your social media use, emotions, and how you feel. The study aims to understand if there's a link between social media and symptoms like depression (feeling sad or losing interest in activities), anxiety (feeling worried or nervous), and suicidal ideation (thoughts about ending one's life). Researchers will measure these symptoms at the beginning and after six months using questionnaires like the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR), Patient Health Questionnaire-A (PHQ-A), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale - 7 items (GAD-7). The study is currently recruiting 100 participants.
- Study design
- This is an observational study involving 100 participants. It is not testing a specific treatment or drug.
- What's involved
- You would complete baseline questionnaires and then use a smartphone app twice daily for 30 days to track your symptoms and social media use.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your symptoms will be measured again at 6 months after the study begins.
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Social Media Concerns Related to Emotional Experiences in Naturalistic Settings (SCREENS)
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Madhukar Trivedi, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
What this trial measures
- Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR)6 months
The CHRT is a scale that evaluates specific thoughts about suicide and thoughts and feelings associated with an increased risk for suicide. The self-report CHRT is a 16-item scale that evaluates specific thoughts about suicide and thoughts and feelings associated with an increased risk for suicide. Its psychometric properties have been well-established in children and adolescents.
- Patient Health Questionnaire-A (PHQ-A)6 months
The PHQ-A is a nine-item, self-report inventory that assesses for symptoms in all nine symptom domains of a major depressive episode. It is the PHQ-9 modified for adolescents 12-18 years
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale - 7 items (GAD-7)6 months
The GAD-7 is self-report that assesses for symptoms in 7 symptom domains of generalized anxiety, with an additional question on anxiety-related functional impairment.