Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a Two-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention
NCT ID: NCT07097545
Last Updated: 2025-12-17
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
300 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-08-24
2027-01-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Control
Participants will not receive an intervention. Participants will receive instructions to use social media use as usual.
No interventions assigned to this group
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.
Mindfulness
15 minute daily guided meditation
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.
Social Media Reduction
Reduce social media use at least 30 minutes daily and exercise instead
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.
Interventions
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Mindfulness
15 minute daily guided meditation
Social Media Reduction
Reduce social media use at least 30 minutes daily and exercise instead
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.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* The participant must be a Johns Hopkins University student.
* Owning an iPhone or Android smartphone, with frequent use of social media use daily (\>
1 hour)
* 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.
Exclusion Criteria
* 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
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Johannes Thrul, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins University
Locations
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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IRB00025926-RCT2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id