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Time Well Spent - Effectiveness of an intervention app to promote healthy social media use on smartphones: A randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
General population (non-clinical sample)
Registration Number
DRKS00031767
Lead Sponsor
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Arbeitsbereich Gesundheitspsychologie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

•Own an iPhone with iOS 16
•Use at least one social media app on the smartphone on a regular basis
•Be fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria

•Be a minor (i.e., younger than 18 years)
•Insufficient comprehension of the English language

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes between week 1 (Baseline) and week 3 (Follow-up):<br>- Problematic use of social media apps (adapted version of the BSMAS; Andreassen et al., 2016)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes between week 1 (Baseline) and week 3 (Follow-up):<br>- Screen time of social media app use (assessed objectively via app)<br>- Self-efficacy for social media app use (adapted from Keller et al., 2021)<br>- Well-being (adapted from WHO-5 Well-Being Index; Topp et al., 2015)<br>- Positive affect, negative affect (adapted from PANAS; Thompson, 2007)<br>- Perceived stress (short form of the Perceived Stress Scale; Murray et al., 2023)
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