Social Media

Social media apps are designed to make opening and continuing to use them easy, which may contribute to habitual or unwanted use. This study will test whether adding a brief pause before opening a selected social media app can help young adults reduce the time they spend using the app. It will also examine whether the intervention improves digital well-being. Participants ages 18 to 24 who regularly use social media will be randomly assigned either to use a smartphone tool that adds a brief pause before opening a social media app they would like to use less or to continue using social media as usual for approximately two weeks. Participants will visit the laboratory before and after the two-week study period. At each visit, they will complete a survey measuring digital well-being and tasks measuring attention, memory, and self-control. They will also use their smartphones while their brain activity is measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a noninvasive method that uses light sensors worn on the head. During the two-week period, participants will complete brief daily smartphone surveys, and study applications will collect information about their screen time and app use. Researchers will compare the two groups to determine whether the brief pause reduces time spent using the selected social media app and improves digital well-being. Behavioral and neural measures will be examined on an exploratory basis to better understand how participants respond to the intervention.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a digital intervention can improve body image and psychological well-being among adolescent boys who attend fitness clubs. Fitness club environments and social media often promote appearance ideals related to muscularity and leanness, which may contribute to body appearance pressure, body dissatisfaction, and psychological distress among boys. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, approximately 260 boys aged 15 to 18 years will be recruited from fitness clubs in Oslo, Norway. Participants from fitness clubs assigned to the intervention group will receive access to a 12-week website-based program consisting of four interactive modules focusing on body image, psychological well-being, critical social media literacy, and attitudes toward food and sports supplements. Participants in the control group will continue their usual activities. The study will examine whether the intervention reduces internalization of appearance ideals and body appearance pressure and improves body appreciation, health-related quality of life, psychological well-being, social media-related behaviors, and attitudes toward food and sports supplements. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and at a 6-month follow-up.

This study aims to determine whether online social media campaigns improve diet quality among young adults. Young adults will be exposed to one of three social media campaigns.

This observational study explores the legal and ethical boundaries of dental communication on social media, analyzing Italian regulatory evolution. Through surveys involving dental professionals and patients, it assesses awareness of advertising regulations and the impact of digital communication on the patient-practitioner relationship. The research identifies knowledge gaps regarding deceptive advertising and highlights the need for transparent, deontologically compliant digital practices to protect public health.

This two-phase, double-blind, balanced, parallel-group randomized controlled trial involves youth aged 12 to 17 years who experience symptoms of anxiety or depression and use social media for more than three hours per day. In Phase 1, a small pilot group will participate in the REWIRE program to assess its feasibility, usability, and engagement before launching Phase 2. Results of the pilot will inform whether any modifications to the intervention are required and identify ways to increase adherence and reduce barriers. In Phase 2, approximately 100 youth and their caregivers will be randomly assigned to one of two groups to evaluate the REWIRE program on anxiety and depression symptoms. One group will participate in the REWIRE program, which aims to reduce social media use to about half of usual levels while encouraging participation in positive offline activities such as spending time with friends, hobbies, physical activity, or time outdoors. The comparison group will receive psychoeducation about social media and health, but will not be asked to change their social media use. Both youth and caregivers will attend weekly group sessions over 12-weeks. Participants will also track their physical activity, complete questionnaires about mental health, daily activities, and social media use, and will provide daily smartphone usage screenshots. Youth will additionally take part in brain imaging scans and neurocognitive assessments before and after the program to explore how changes in social media use may be related to brain function. At the end of Phase 2, 20 participants will be randomly selected for interviews to explore their experiences with the intervention. Additional secondary outcomes in Phase 2 include social phobia, social comparison, Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), loneliness, body esteem, disordered eating, social media disorder symptoms, cyberbullying, reinforcing efficacy of social media, impulsivity, suicidal ideations, well-being, executive functioning and cognition, while further assessing the feasibility.

Social media can increase unhealthy eating habits by influencing individuals' desire to eat, especially through images and advertisements of ultra-processed foods. One of the groups most affected by this situation is university students who use social media intensively. Therefore, examining the relationship between social media use and ultra-processed food consumption is important in terms of developing healthy eating awareness.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a standardized pharmacists-provided education module by social media can improve patients' knowledge of chemotherapy-related side effects. The main questions it aims to answer is: • Do patients who received a standardized pharmacists-provided education module by social media improve their knowledge of chemotherapy-related side effects? Researchers will compare standardized chemotherapy education +video (experimental group) versus chemotherapy handouts (control group). Participants will: * Received standardized chemotherapy education + video or chemotherapy handouts at the first and second chemotherapy section. * Fill out a questionnaire for outcomes assessment.

The purpose of this study is to develop a Smart mHealth Strategy that delivers behavior change techniques through wearable physical activity trackers and social media chatbots, including self-monitoring, real-time feedback and reminders, goal-setting, competition and rewards, social support, and health coaching. This study also aims to explore the effect of the Smart mHealth Strategy on the behavioral outcomes and psychological factors of physical activity, and physical and mental health. The study design is a three-stage randomized controlled trial. In each stage, 120 are recruited and randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Participants are adults with insufficient physical activity and a sedentary lifestyle. The Smart mHealth Strategy uses smartwatches and self-developed chatbots. The constrained dialogue content is designed to finally deliver the six behavior change techniques. Data are collected in the pre-, mid-, and post-tests. The measurement includes self-administered questionnaires, Actigraphy GT9X, Inbody 270S, OMRON HEM-7130, and heart rate variability monitors.