Teen Brain Online II: Understanding How Social Media Affects the Teen Brain

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 21, 2025

Primary Completion Date

August 30, 2026

Study Completion Date

August 30, 2026

Conditions
Depression
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Rejection and Acceptance Feedback

Participants will be administered cues of peer acceptance and rejection from virtual peers during an fMRI task. In the CHAT-I task, they will be chosen or not chosen to discuss various topics with a virtual peer. In the TBO Task, they will receive a high or low number of likes relative to the other photos displayed of peers. They will also view comments on their posts from peers, which may have positive, negative, or neutral content.

Trial Locations (1)

15213

RECRUITING

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER