Change in Social Media Use & Well-being Among College Students Receiving a

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Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will be randomizing 150 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 one week. 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.

Clinical Trial Description

The objective of this study is to test two cognitive and behavioral interventions designed to reduce social media use and psychological constructs related to social media use in a sample of university students. The first cognitive intervention is a mindfulness meditation exercise taken from the Calm app centering around gratitude. Each meditation takes approximately 12 minutes to complete and is to be done daily for one week. The second behavioral intervention is asking participants to reduce social media use for 30 minutes daily for one week 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 a period of one week, compared to a control condition (no intervention). Aim 2: Compare self-reported and behavioral (smartphone screen shots of social media use screen time) measures of social media use before and after two social media use interventions over a period of over one week, compared to a control condition (no intervention). Aim 3: Examine mental health and social media use one week after the intervention period is complete (follow up), examining or testing whether effects last beyond the intervention period. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT06143852
Study type	Interventional
Source	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Contact	Timothy L Regan, PhD
Phone	240-643-9090
Email	tregan2@jh.edu
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	February 7, 2024
Completion date	May 31, 2024

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Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a One-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention

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