Daily Assessment of Mood and Social Media Behaviors Study

NCT04349423 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H19-131-ROQA
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 324
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to learn more about social media usage and its relation to emotions, biology, and mental health. Participants will complete daily assessments (5 times a day) over the course of 11 days in which they will report on their social media use, behaviors, and mood. During the first 4 days participants will be asked to continue using social media as typical. In the second half (7 days) participants will be randomized to social media usage groups (0 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hours). There will be mental health and well-being measures provided at the beginning and end of the study. Lastly, to better understand how social media usage effects underlying mechanisms of stress, participants will be asked to provide saliva samples for 3 nights (pre, mid, and post) to assess for basal cortisol levels.

Conditions

Anxiety; Stress; Depression; Cortisol

Keywords

Social Media

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Changes in "Positive and Negative Affect Schedule" (PANAS)

  Examines mood fluctuations. Scores can range from 10-50 for both the Positive and Negative Affect with the lower scores representing lower levels of Positive/Negative Affect and higher scores representing higher levels of Positive/Negative Affect.

  Pre and post. Daily 5 times a day for 11 days

• Changes in "Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale" (DASS)

  Examines Depressive, Anxiety, and Stress symptoms. Minimum 0 maximum 63. Higher scores indicate more depression, anxiety and or stress.

  Pre and Post. Daily for 11 days

• Changes in "Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale"

  Examines behavioral goal achievement. Minimum 0 and maximum 54. Larger scores means an ability to be more active.

  Pre-Post- Daily for 11 days

• Changes in "Social Media Use"

  Survey and Phone based Applications will assess for daily use of social media time and behaviors.

  Daily for 11 days

• Changes in "A clinically useful depression outcome scale" (CUDOS)

  Tracks Depression Symptoms. Minimum 0 maximum 74. Larger scores means more depressive symptoms.

  Pre-Post- Daily for 11 days

Study Arms (4)

No Social Media Use

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to refrain from using all social media

Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation

Maximum 30 minutes of use

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to only use social media at most 30 minutes a day.

Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation

Maximum 1 hour of use

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to only use social media at most 60 minutes a day.

Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation

Control

EXPERIMENTAL

Control Group

Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation

Interventions

Social Media Usage Manipulation BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Intervention of social media usage.

Control; Maximum 1 hour of use; Maximum 30 minutes of use; No Social Media Use

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Having a smartphone

You may not qualify if:

• Below age of 18

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Southern Methodist University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas, 75205, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders; Depression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participants will be randomized to social media usage groups to assess if reduction social media will improve mood and in turn lower depressive and anxiety symptoms. The groups include 0 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hours of use a day.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2020
• First Posted: April 16, 2020
• Study Start: February 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2021
• Study Completion: May 1, 2021
• Last Updated: February 8, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-01

Locations

US (1)