Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program

NCT07320547 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ÇankırıKU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 128
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, between 1 September 2023-31 January 2024, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 128 high school students in a state high school in Çankırı.

Conditions

Technology Addiction; Internet Addiction; Smartphone Addiction

Keywords

smartphone addiction; High school student; internet addiction; mindfulness; randomized controlled study

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

  The MAAS consists of 15 items and is 6-point Likert type (almost always (1), most of the time (2), sometimes (3), rarely (4), very rarely (5), almost never (6)). The MAAS, which measures the general tendency to be aware of and attentive to moment-to-moment experiences in daily life, has a single-factor structure and no reverse-coded questions. High scores on the scale indicate high levels of mindfulness. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was determined to be 0.80

  Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form (YIAT-SF)

  Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)

• Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SF)

  Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Brief Self-compassion Program will be held in a face-to-face school environment for the high school students in the experimental group. The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes. The training program will be applied to 64 high school students in the experimental group.

Other: Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

There will be no training or intervention.

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program OTHER

The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• being a first-year high school student studying at state high school in a central city of Türkiye
• both student and parent agreeing to participate in the study and 3) not having communication barrier

You may not qualify if:

• having an illness that would prevent participation in the study
• withdrawing from the research voluntarily
• not attending at least one of the sessions
• not receiving other psychological training at the time of the research
• not receiving mindfulness-based mediation experience
• incomplete answering the instruments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mersin University: lead
• Çankırı Karatekin University: collaborator
• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Çankırı Karatekin University

Çankırı, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Technology Addiction; Internet Addiction Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Addictive; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: High school students in the experimental and control groups will be masked.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Model Details: The study was planned as a prospective, two-armed (1:1), randomized controlled experimental study. This randomized controlled trial will be reported according to the CONSORT-SPI guidelines.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2025
• First Posted: January 6, 2026
• Study Start: September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 20, 2025
• Last Updated: January 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)