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Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a Two-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention
Led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Updated on 2025-12-17
300
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
70 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
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
Official Title
Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a Two-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- The participant is 18 or older.
- 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.
You will not qualify if you...
- Younger than 18.
- Not a Johns Hopkins University student.
- Does not own a smartphone.
- Uses smartphone less than 1 hour daily.
- Exercises more than 1 hour daily.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21218
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Research Team
J
Johannes Thrul, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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