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

NCT07097545 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-12-17

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Summary

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).

Conditions

  • Social Media Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Depression Disorder
  • Wellbeing

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness

15 minute daily guided meditation

BEHAVIORAL

Social Media Reduction

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

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Johannes Thrul, PhD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-24
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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