Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Media Addiction, Insomnia, and Family Relationship Among Individuals With Social Media Addiction: A Randomized Control Tria

NCT06189534 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: GovernmentCUF.
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objectives This study is designed to investigate the following objectives To manage the social media addiction in order to improve lifestyle, attitude and family relations of the individuals and explore related psychological problems which can arise because of this addiction. To explore the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in the management of social media addiction in individuals which is decreasing the health of their lifestyle, attitude and family bonding. To explain how abusive use of social media can increase the risk of psychological and behavioural problems.

Conditions

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Media Addiction

Keywords

Social media addiction; Insomnia; Family bonding; Cognitive behavioral therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Social Media Addiction

  Social media addiction scale was used to screen out the participants for eligibility assessment. Participants who will score high on the social media addiction scale will be enrolled

  4 months

• Insomnia severity index

  This is 27 item scale which assess the quality of sleep.

  4

• Family relationship scale

  Family relationship scale will be used to assess the person and family bonding and it will assess the impact of social media addiction

  4

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Attitude and Belief Scale

  4

Study Arms (2)

Arms of the study

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental group : participants in experimental group will receive 8-10 sessions of intervention in overall the course of study.

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control group: participants in control group will not receive any sessions of intervention.

Interventions

Cognitive behavioral therapy BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions were used to manage social media addiction and; to address associated problems with it. Psychoeducation, problem conceptualization, cognitive distortions and belief identification,Time management,Stress and distress management, Emotional and beliefs modification,Priority and Goal setting, Problem solving skills, Social skill training, Emotional and behavioral activation and Relapse prevention are techniques that will be used in the intervention.

Arms of the study

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 22 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Individuals screened out through social media addiction scale will be used for the experimental study. Both male and female participants will be taken for the study. People with even mild score on social media addiction will be considered eligible for the study. Only people in the age range of 18-22 will be taken as participants in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals not within the age range of 18-22 will not be taken as participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Government College University Faisalabad: lead

Study Sites (1)

Qasir Abbas

Faisalābad, Punjab Province, 38000, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Internet Addiction Disorder; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Technology Addiction; Behavior, Addictive; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior; Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic; Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Qasir Abbas, PHD

  Government College University Faisalabad

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr Qaiser Abbas [Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology]

Model Details: It was an experimental pre-test post-test research design which investigated the social media addiction, insomnia poor family bonding and effectiveness of cognitive behavior interventions in managing social media addiction.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2023
• First Posted: January 3, 2024
• Study Start: November 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2024
• Study Completion: April 10, 2024
• Last Updated: January 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)