RECRUITING

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

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

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).

Official Title

Social Media Use Study

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-08-24
Study Completion:2026-01
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT07097545

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * The participant is 18 or older.
  2. * The participant must be a Johns Hopkins University student.
  3. * Owning an iPhone or Android smartphone, with frequent use of social media use daily (\>
  4. * Enabling and sharing screenshots of the participant's smartphone use metrics, including number of last-week pickups, notifications received, and average screen time.
  5. * Providing consent to participate.
  6. * Only exercising 1 hour or less daily, on average.
  1. * younger than 18
  2. * Not a Johns Hopkins University Student
  3. * Doesn't own a smart phone
  4. * Uses smartphone less than 1 hour daily
  5. * Exercises more than 1 hour daily

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Johannes Thrul, PhD
CONTACT
(443) 318-6633‬
jthrul@jhu.edu

Principal Investigator

Johannes Thrul, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins University

Study Locations (Sites)

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Johannes Thrul, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2025-08-24
Study Completion Date2026-01

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-08-24
Study Completion Date2026-01

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • digital media reduction intervention
  • mindfulness
  • behavioral intervention
  • digital wellbeing

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Social Media Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Depression Disorder
  • Wellbeing