Daily Assessment of Mood and Social Media Behaviors Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Daily Assessment of Mood and Social Media Behaviors Study

Conditions
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Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Cortisol

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Having a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: Below age of 18

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: 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.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: No Social Media Use<br>Participants will be asked to refrain from using all social media | Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation<br>* Behavioral Intervention of social media usage.<br>|
| Experimental: Maximum 30 minutes of use<br>Participants will be asked to only use social media at most 30 minutes a day. | Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation<br>* Behavioral Intervention of social media usage.<br>|
| Experimental: Maximum 1 hour of use<br>Participants will be asked to only use social media at most 60 minutes a day. | Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation<br>* Behavioral Intervention of social media usage.<br>|
| Experimental: Control<br>Control Group | Behavioral: Social Media Usage Manipulation<br>* Behavioral Intervention of social media usage.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Social Media