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Fostering (digital) life skills through social media: An accessibility study with adolescents in six German states according to the RE-AIM Framework

Fostering (digital) life skills through social media: An accessibility study with adolescents in six German states according to the RE-AIM Framework - leduin

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00032308
Enrollment
960
Registered
2023-07-20
Start date
2023-06-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Problematic media use as in impulse control disorders (ICD-10 F63.8 " Other habit and impulse disorders") F63.8

Interventions

Group 1: Adolescents will be approached via schools, youth centers, and therapeutic facilities and recruited for the leduin program (14 modules in 14 weeks) on Instagram to improve life skills and soc

Sponsors

Universität Greifswald
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
14 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Participants need an Instagram account - Participants need to be proficient in the German language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - No Instagram account - Not proficient in the German language

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The accessibility study described is guided by the RE-AIM model, on which the investigated outcomes are based: (1) Reach: (a) institutional level: proportion of institutions contacted that agree to participate; (b) individual level: proportion of adolescents who agree to participate (2) Effectiveness: changes in the intended outcomes at the individual level of the young people (life skills, (mental) health, well-being and academic success) (3) Acceptance: proportion of (a) schools, youth centers and therapists actually participating in the program and (b) young people willing to participate in the program (4) Implementation: (a) completeness of data collection in the different institutions and (b) participation of young people in the program on Instagram (active and passive participation) (5) Maintenance: (a) changes in the intended outcomes at the individual level of the young people over time (6-month follow-up), (b) interaction rate and retention rate Overview of the questionnaires used for the primary outcomes “life skills” and “social media use”: Life Skills – Decision making/goal setting: Subscale „goal setting“ of the Life Skills Ability Scale (LSAS) – Problem solving: Subscale „problem solving“ of the Life Skills Ability Scale (LSAS) – Creative and critical thinking: Self-generated items to test knowledge based on the developed program content – Communication: Subscale „communication“ of the Life Skills Ability Scale (LSAS) – Interpersonal skills and empathy: Questionnaire on resources in childhood and adolescence (FRKJ 8 – 16); Subscale "Social skills" of the Life Skills Ability Scale (LSAS) – Self-confidence: Questionnaire on resources in childhood and adolescence (FRKJ 8 – 16) – Dealing with emotions: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire – Dealing with stress: Stress- and coping-Inventory (SCI) Subscales "Physical symptoms" + "Coping strategies“ Social media-related skills – Cyber-Bullying: European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (ECIPQ)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Overview of the questionnaires used for the secondary outcomes “risk behaviour”, “health status” and “school performance”: Risk behaviour – Substance use: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT); Cigarettes and cannabis - questions from the HBSC study Health status – Subjective state of health: Subjective state of health – Well-being: WHO-5 Well-being-Index – Life satisfaction: German version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS); Short scale for the assessment of general life satisfaction (L-1) – Self-efficacy: Questionnaire on resources in childhood and adolescence (FRKJ 8 – 16) – Mental health – Anxiety and depression: Hopkins-Symptom-Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) School performance – School performance: School grades (German, English and Math), grade point average and change

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSamuel Tomczyk

Universität Greifswald

samuel.tomczyk@uni-greifswald.de+49 3834 420 3806

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026