None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
What is the project about? This research project aims to evaluate the outcomes of two social media psychoeducation videos. We are inviting people who have had an Instagram account for at least 1-week by the time of study participation, are over the age of 16 years, and are fluent in English. Participants are also required to have access to a smart phone, from which they are able to access their Instagram account. During the intervention, you will be requested to complete a survey to collect demographic and well-being information, before watching one of two (10 minutes or 13 minutes long) online social media psychoeducation videos and then engaging in 10 minutes of Instagram use (using your personal account). You will then be invited to complete another survey immediately following and again 3 days later. How much time will my involvement in the project take? The initial experiment and surveys will take approximately 40 minutes. The follow-up survey is expected to take 5 minutes.
Interventions
The proposed study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Social Media Aware (SMA) program in improving mental health outcomes via a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The SMA program based on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) designed to help reduce the negative impact of social media use on well-being outcomes. It is an interactive video written and narrated by the primary author, a Clinical Psychologist with 19 years clinical experience and 4.5 years of experience as a Research Psychologist
The proposed study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Social Media Aware (SMA) program in improving mental health outcomes via a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The SMA program based on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) designed to help reduce the negative impact of social media use on well-being outcomes. It is an interactive video written and narrated by the primary author, a Clinical Psychologist with 19 years clinical experience and 4.5 years of experience as a Research Psychologist. Participants will be informed that the study is assessing the outcomes of two social media psychoeducation videos and that they will be randomly allocated to view one of the videos, in addition to undertaking other survey-related tasks. When accessing the survey via the link provided, participants will be randomly allocated to either the experiment group (EG) or the control group (CG) via the Qualtrics online survey platform. Participants in the EG will be requested to complete baseline data (T1) before watching the 13-minute SMA micro-intervention video, which will include brief interactive tasks. Participants will also be provided with a record form containing key points from the video and will be requested to record their answers to interactive tasks, which they will keep for their future reference (see below for video summary). They will then be requested to passively view the platform Instagram for 10 minutes before completing further surveys (T2; and further surveys 3 days later T3). Overview of intervention video content: Psychoeducation - Why highly visual social networking site (HVSNS) exposure can be harmful for well-being (passive use and social comparison). Why people tend to post more positive information then negative, leading to inaccurate social comparisons. The role of thoughts in how we feel and importance of questioning. Thought challenging - Examples of thoughts stemming from social comparisons that could be triggered by HVSNS use and how to challenge. Examples of general helpful coping statements. Written tasks (during video) -“What negative thoughts typically come up for you when using HVSNS?” -“Write down any thought challenging questions that were generated while watching the video that you think could be useful for managing any negative thoughts triggered in the future (please record two, if possible)”. -“Write down any coping statements that may be helpful for you to use in the future (please record two, if possible)”. The study will occur online. To assess adherence and fidelity, the amount of time spent viewing the videos will be recorded and participants will be asked to confirm the percentage of time they spent undertaking the Instagram exposure task passively immediately following the task.
Sponsors
University of Adelaide
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be required to have an Instagram account for at least 1 week and own a smartphone with access to this Instagram account on the day of intervention. Participants must also have access to a laptop/another piece of technology on the day of the initial experiment, be fluent in English, and be at least 16 years of age.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed