Social Media Effects on Mental Health

NCT ID: NCT04967846

Last Updated: 2022-05-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

608 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-13

Study Completion Date

2021-09-19

Brief Summary

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In the last decade, research on social media and mental health has produced mixed results. Overall, the current findings suggest that the negative effects on mental health are exacerbated by longer and more frequent social media usage, whereas the positive effects are bolstered when social media is used to connect with other people.

With the largest number of global users, Facebook is the most frequently studied social media network. Over the past few years, the increasing concerns about the risks associated with Facebook have even translated to wider pop culture conversations, as exemplified by the 2020 documentary The Social Dilemma. In response, Facebook has rolled out a series of features supposed to mitigate these risks and encourage responsible social media usage. These features include activity trackers and reminders, unfollow and snooze buttons, and data sharing regulators. Currently, there is no research done to address whether (1) these features are used at all, and (2) whether they are successful in moderating the negative mental health consequences of Facebook usage.

This study seeks to address the gap in literature through a survey done on the crowdsourcing platform Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Issue Mental Health Wellness 1 Mental Health Wellness 2 Social Media Addiction Internet Addiction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy adult volunteers, aged 21 and above
* English proficiency
* Facebook users

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants below 21 years old
* Non-Facebook users
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Yale-NUS College

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Tamara Barsova

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale-NUS College

Locations

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Yale NUS

Singapore, , Singapore

Site Status

Countries

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Singapore

References

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Barsova T, Cheong ZG, Mak AR, Liu JC. Predicting Psychological Symptoms When Facebook's Digital Well-being Features Are Used: Cross-sectional Survey Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Aug 29;6(8):e39387. doi: 10.2196/39387.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36036971 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SM245864

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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