Social Media Use Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoLBREF) scale
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators will be randomizing 300 college student participants with high levels of social media use into either a 1) control condition (no intervention), a 2) mindfulness meditation cognitive intervention, or 3) a social media reduction + exercise replacement intervention. Participants complete intervention activities daily for two weeks. The investigators will collect self-report and behavioral measures of social media use and related psychological constructs at three time points: baseline, immediately after the intervention period, and one-week after the intervention period (three weeks from baseline).
详细描述
The objective of this study is to test two cognitive and behavioral interventions designed to reduce social media use and improve psychological constructs related to social media use in a sample of university students. The cognitive intervention is a mindfulness meditation exercise taken from the Calm app focused around gratitude and stress management. Each meditation takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and is to be done daily for two week. The second behavioral intervention is asking participants to reduce social media use for 30 minutes daily for two weeks and replacing that time with physical exercise of the participants' choosing.
Aim 1: Compare psychological constructs related to mental health (well-being, stress, depression, anxiety, loneliness, social comparisons, etc.) before and after conducting two social media use interventions over two weeks, compared to a control condition (no intervention).
Aim 2: Compare self-reported and behavioral (smartphone screenshots of social media use screentime) measures of social media use before and after two social media use interventions over two weeks, compared to a control condition (no intervention).
Aim 3: Examine mental health and social media use one week after the intervention period is complete (3-week follow up) or testing whether the interventions have effects beyond the intervention period.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
Both participants and investigators will know which intervention group each participant has been randomized into.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •The participant is 18 or older.
- •The participant must be a Johns Hopkins University student.
- •Owning an iPhone or Android smartphone, with frequent use of social media use daily (>
- •Enabling and sharing screenshots of the participant's smartphone use metrics, including number of last-week pickups, notifications received, and average screen time.
- •Providing consent to participate.
- •Only exercising 1 hour or less daily, on average.
排除标准
- •younger than 18
- •Not a Johns Hopkins University Student
- •Doesn't own a smart phone
- •Uses smartphone less than 1 hour daily
- •Exercises more than 1 hour daily
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Participants will not receive an intervention. Participants will receive instructions to use social media use as usual.
Mindfulness
Approximately 15 minute mindfulness style meditations will be completed daily for two weeks through the Calm platform. Participants can listen to the exercise on the web-enabled version of Calm, or through the smartphone app. The first course is entitled "7 Days of Gratitude" and centers around noticing and appreciating things in daily life, the second course is entitled "7 Days of managing stress" that focuses on building awareness and coping with that specific area of mental stress, such as de-escalating stress, mind-body connection, strong emotions, negative self-talk, and how events are interpreted.
干预措施: Mindfulness (Behavioral)
Social Media Reduction + Exercise
Participants will reduce social media use by at least 30 minutes daily for two weeks. Simultaneously, participants will exercise at least 30 minutes daily. Participants are given examples of common exercises (walking, yoga, strength training, etc.), but are allowed to choose any type, although dissuaded from activities with high potential for injury.
干预措施: Social Media Reduction (Behavioral)
Social Media Reduction + Exercise
Participants will reduce social media use by at least 30 minutes daily for two weeks. Simultaneously, participants will exercise at least 30 minutes daily. Participants are given examples of common exercises (walking, yoga, strength training, etc.), but are allowed to choose any type, although dissuaded from activities with high potential for injury.
干预措施: Exercise (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoLBREF) scale
时间窗: baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Score range = 13-65, lower score = worse outcome
Change in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21)
时间窗: baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Score range = 0-63, higher score = worse outcome
Change in smartphone screen time (minutes) for social media use
时间窗: baseline, 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-ups
时间窗: baseline, 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 media
时间窗: baseline, 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 received
时间窗: baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week
Past-week total number of notifications received for social media use applications
次要结局
- Change in University of California, Los Angeles 3-Item Loneliness Scale(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in The Gratitude Questionnaire, 6-item form (GQ-6) scale(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in Motivations for Electronic Interaction Scale (MEIS)(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in Comprehensive Assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes (CompACT-15)(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS)(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in Fear of Missing Out Scale(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in hours spent socializing inperson with peers(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)
- Change in number of evenings of past-week recreation(baseline, immediately post intervention, post intervention up to one week)