None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Focussed Acceptance and committment therapy: 15 students per group
5 sessions/group
1 hour/session
1 session per week
Control Intervention1: Focussed Acceptance and committment therapy:
Sponsors
Shrijana Pradhan
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: College students aged 18-25 who volunteer to take part in the study. College students from faculty of Humanities, Social Science, and Liberal Arts, SMU. College students with problematic smartphone use (screened). College students without gross visual, hearing, and speech impairment that can interfere with therapy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: College students who do not provide a written informed consent to participate. College students who have received FACT therapy for problematic internet use in the past. College students who have less than 6 months time to complete their courses. College students who do not possess a smartphone.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.To determine the efficacy of group-based FACT in reducing problematic smartphone use between an intervention and an active waitlisted control group among college students with problematic smartphone use. 2.To determine the sustainability of changes in problematic smartphone use after 1 and 3 months post-intervention in both the groups. Timepoint: 0 week, 5 week, 9 week & 17 week | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a. Smartphone usage time (weekly, monthly) using YourHour App b. Psychological flexibility (using AAQ-SA) c. Psychological distress (STOP-D) d. Online specific Fear of Missing Out Scale e. Subjective well-being (SWLS). Timepoint: 0 week, 5 week, 9 week & 17 week | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Harshavardhan Sampath
Sikkim Manipal University
Outcome results
None listed