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Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a Two-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · NCT07097545

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
300
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 24, 2025
Record last updated
December 17, 2025

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What the study is about

The investigators will be randomizing 300 college student participants with high levels of social media use into either a 1) control condition (no intervention), a 2) mindfulness meditation cognitive intervention, or 3) a social media reduction + exercise replacement intervention. Participants complete intervention activities daily for two weeks. The investigators will collect self-report and behavioral measures of social media use and related psychological constructs at three time points: baseline, immediately after the intervention period, and one-week after the intervention period (three weeks from baseline).

Being studied: Mindfulness; Social Media Reduction; Exercise

Conditions: Social Media Addiction; Anxiety; Depression Disorder; Wellbeing

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • The participant is 18 or older.
  • The participant must be a Johns Hopkins University student.
  • Owning an iPhone or Android smartphone, with frequent use of social media use daily (>

1 hour)

  • Enabling and sharing screenshots of the participant's smartphone use metrics, including number of last-week pickups, notifications received, and average screen time.
  • Providing consent to participate.
  • Only exercising 1 hour or less daily, on average.

Exclusion Criteria

  • younger than 18
  • Not a Johns Hopkins University Student
  • Doesn't own a smart phone
  • Uses smartphone less than 1 hour daily
  • Exercises more than 1 hour daily

Recruiting US locations

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Johannes Thrul, PhD · (443) 318-6633‬ · jthrul@jhu.edu
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