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The problem
Intervention: Reducing social media use to one hour per day for three weeks
Who it was tested with: 218 distressed youth (aged not specified) with elevated anxiety and/or depression symptoms; 75% above clinical threshold for depression, 46% for anxiety.
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"A total of 218 out of 260 participants who were randomized to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for three weeks were analysed." This describes a randomised controlled trial comparing a reduction intervention against a control group, which is an experimental design testing whether reducing social media from baseline levels produces measurable changes in mental health outcomes.
Study duration was only three weeks, limiting assessment of sustained effects. Country context not specified. Effects on depression as a moderator were inconclusive and require replication.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 1 country
