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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method 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)