Does Social Media Impact Adolescent Mental Health?

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

500

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 29, 2024

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2027

Study Completion Date

February 29, 2028

Conditions
Mental Health
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Restricted Social Media

Participants (N = 500) will be randomly assigned to either have no study-imposed restrictions on social media use (naturalistic social media condition) or have no access to social media apps on their phones (restricted social media condition). This manipulation will last three months, after which both groups will have no study-imposed restrictions on social media for three more months.

Trial Locations (1)

20057

RECRUITING

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

lead

Georgetown University

OTHER