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

NCT06143852 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2025-05-31

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Social Media Addiction
  • Depression, Anxiety
  • Well-Being, Psychological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness

12 minute daily guided meditation

BEHAVIORAL

Social Media Reduction + Exercise

Reduce social media use at least 30 minutes daily and exercise instead

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Johannes Thrul · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-07
Primary Completion
2024-12-11
Completion
2024-12-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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