The Relationship Between Internet-use Behavior and Mental Health in Youth

NCT06284551 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: 202111069RINB
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction: WHO defines youth as 15-24 years age group. At this stage, the brain is still under development, with high impulsiveness, being fond of stimulation and yearning for peer life. Compared with traditional interpersonal interaction, modern youths use the Internet as a main interpersonal interaction platform and conduct lots of leisure activities on the Internet. Poor cognitive emotion regulation strategies and personal traits may extend to new types of mental health issues; and are associated with depression, anxiety, suicidal/self-injurious behaviors, and cyberbullying. Objectives: (1) To investigate whether emotion regulation strategies while facing stressful events are highly related to with cyberbullying, social media, and internet gaming disorder. (2) To investigate the relation between cyberbullying and depression, anxiety, suicide/self-injury among Taiwanese youths. (3) To investigate the probability of cyberbullying, social media addiction, and internet gaming disorder occurring at the same time. Method: This cross-sectional study recruits cases of youths from 15 to 24 years old and collects data through questionnaires survey. In addition to collection of basic data, Internet using habits, and medical history, self-rated questionnaires include Suicide/Self-Injury Ideation Questionnaire, The Beck Depression Inventory 2nd Edition, Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children-Taiwan version, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Cyberbullying Questionnaire, and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Keywords

youth; cyberbullying; mental health; social media addiction; internet gaming disorder; suicide/self-injury; depression; anxiety; emotional regulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Cyberbullying Questionnaire

  Suppose the subject was the victimization/perpetrators of cyber-bullying or in the past 2 months, and the cyber-bullying-related experience and feeling in school. The main results were qualitative descriptions and would not apply to statistical analysis.

  Up to 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II)

  Up to 2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control Group

Healthy youths and adults aged 15-24 years old.

Experimental Group

Youths and adults aged 15-24 years old with diagnosis of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, or Adjustment disorder according to DSM-V.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Aged from 15 to 24 years old. Healthy youths and adults recruited publicly. Patients with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, or Adjustment disorder according to DSM-V recruited from outpatient clinic, emergency ward and day care ward of psychiatry department in National Taiwan University Hospital.

You may qualify if:

• Control group
• Able to understand the content of all questionnaires
• Healthy youths aged 15-20 years old and adults aged 20-24 years old
• Experimental group
• Able to understand the content of all questionnaires
• Youths aged 15-20 years old and adults aged 20-24 years old
• Diagnosed with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, or Adjustment disorder according to DSM-V

You may not qualify if:

• Illiterate or unable to understand the content of the questionnaires
• Diagnosed with organic brain injury, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder according to DSM-V

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cyberbullying; Psychological Well-Being; Internet Addiction Disorder; Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bullying; Aggression; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Harassment, Non-Sexual; Social Behavior; Personal Satisfaction; Technology Addiction; Behavior, Addictive; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Mental Disorders; Self-Control

Study Officials

• Wei-ting Ko, MS

  National Taiwan University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 15, 2024
• First Posted: February 29, 2024
• Study Start: February 8, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 15, 2024
• Study Completion: January 27, 2025
• Last Updated: February 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)