Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program

NCT ID: NCT07320547

Last Updated: 2026-01-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

128 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-01

Study Completion Date

2025-12-20

Brief Summary

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In this study, between 1 September 2023-31 January 2024, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 128 high school students in a state high school in Çankırı.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Technology Addiction Internet Addiction Smartphone Addiction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The study was planned as a prospective, two-armed (1:1), randomized controlled experimental study. This randomized controlled trial will be reported according to the CONSORT-SPI guidelines.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
High school students in the experimental and control groups will be masked.

Study Groups

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Experimental group

Brief Self-compassion Program will be held in a face-to-face school environment for the high school students in the experimental group. The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes. The training program will be applied to 64 high school students in the experimental group.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program

Intervention Type OTHER

The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Control group

There will be no training or intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program

The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* being a first-year high school student studying at state high school in a central city of Türkiye
* both student and parent agreeing to participate in the study and 3) not having communication barrier

Exclusion Criteria

* having an illness that would prevent participation in the study
* withdrawing from the research voluntarily
* not attending at least one of the sessions
* not receiving other psychological training at the time of the research
* not receiving mindfulness-based mediation experience
* incomplete answering the instruments.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Çankırı Karatekin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU

Assistant professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Çankırı Karatekin University

Çankırı, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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ÇankırıKU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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