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Building and Testing Prevention Programs for Technology Overuse Among the Youth

To develop and validate a comprehensive package of prevention- focused interventions targeted at youth (children, adolescents, young adults), parents and teachers for excessive and problematic use of technology (internet/ smartphone/ social media/gaming/ /gambling/ screen time) among the youth (children, adolescent, young adults). As part of Centre for Advanced Research on Addictive Behaviours (CAR-AB): Implementation focused initiative for delivering evidence-based interventions targeting excessive and problematic use of technology (smartphone/gaming/social media/gambling/screentime) and associated stress, depression, anxiety, addiction. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/03/105278
Enrollment
384
Registered
2026-03-03
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: F99- Mental disorder, not otherwise specified

Interventions

Intervention1: A comprehensive package of prevention- focused interventions: A comprehensive package of prevention- focused interventions targeted at youth (children, adolescents, young adults), paren

Sponsors

ICMR
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: For youth (children, adolescents, young adults)- Registered as a student in a school or a college Aged 12 years or older Currently not screened positive for excessive and problematic use of technology (internet/ social media/ gaming/ gambling) as assessed by the study questionnaires Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent (if older than 18 years) or assent (if younger that 18 years) Parents/ legal guardians willing to provide written consent (if student is younger than 18 years) For parents- Currently not screened positive for excessive and problematic use of technology (internet/ social media/ gaming/ gambling) as assessed by the study questionnaires Aged 18 years or older Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent For teachers- Currently not screened positive for excessive and problematic use of technology (internet/ social media/ gaming/ gambling) as assessed by the study questionnaires Teaching in a school or college Aged 18 years or older Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For youth (children, adolescents, young adults)- Screened positive for excessive and problematic use of technology (internet/ social media/ gaming/ gambling) as assessed by the study questionnaires Not willing to participate in the study or provide assent/ consent Parents/ legal guardians not willing to provide consent (if student younger than 18 years)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
By the end of the study, a validated and comprehensive package of prevention-focused interventions for youth (children, adolescents, young adults), parents and teachers to address excessive and problematic technology use (internet, smartphone, social media, gaming, gambling, screen time) will be developed. It will be theory-based, co-developed with stakeholders, acceptable, and tested across regions.Timepoint: 2 years—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactYATAN PAL SINGH BALHARA

AIIMS NEW DELHI

YPSBALHARA@GMAIL.COM01126593236

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026