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Just-in-Time Coping Prompts for Reactive Digital Behavior in College Students

University of Florida · NCT07789314

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–22 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
80
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 21, 2026
Record last updated
October 21, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

This study looks at the moments when college students feel a strong emotional swing, and how those moments relate to reacting online when upset, drinking alcohol, and eating in response to emotions. Participants wear a wrist device and answer brief check-ins on their phone several times a day for five weeks in total, starting with a 1-week run-in. During the following 4 weeks, a study app sometimes sends a short coping message at moments when the wrist device and check-ins suggest emotions are shifting quickly. Whether a message is sent at any given moment is decided at random, and the study compares what participants do in the short window afterward. The study is a pilot designed to test whether the approach is feasible and to estimate how large its effects are.

Being studied: Momentary coping prompt; Active control message

Conditions: Emotional Regulation; Alcohol Drinking in College; Emotional Eating; Aggression

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Currently enrolled University of Florida student
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Owns a smartphone used daily
  • Willing to wear a wrist-worn device and complete brief check-ins several times daily for approximately five weeks

Exclusion Criteria

  • Varsity student-athlete governed by the university athletic association
  • Unable to complete study procedures in English

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, FL 32611

    Site contact: Yonghwan Chang, PhD · 352-294-1664 · yhchang@ufl.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Yonghwan Chang, PhD · 352-294-1664 · smashresearchlabs@hhp.ufl.edu
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