dc.contributor.author
Brockmeier, Lina Christin
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Mertens, Lea
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Roitzheim, Christina
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Radtke, Theda
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Dingler, Tilman
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Keller, Jan
dc.date.accessioned
2025-01-29T13:22:59Z
dc.date.available
2025-01-29T13:22:59Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/46428
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-46141
dc.description.abstract
Background
Interventions targeting social media use show mixed results in improving well-being outcomes, particularly for persons with problematic forms of smartphone use. This study assesses the effectiveness of an intervention app in enhancing well-being outcomes and the moderating role of persons' perceptions about problematic smartphone use (PSU).
Methods
In a randomized controlled trial, N = 70 participants, allocated to the intervention (n = 35) or control condition (n = 35), completed weekly online surveys at baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up. Participants from the intervention condition received personalized full-screen nudges to reduce their social media app use. This secondary analysis focuses on the repeatedly assessed outcomes well-being, positive affect, negative affect, and perceived stress. Linear mixed models were computed.
Results
No significant time x group effects were found, but intervention condition participants reported higher well-being and lower negative affect and stress levels at follow-up. Only one significant moderation was found, indicating that participants reporting higher PSU levels benefited more from the intervention in reducing stress.
Conclusions
The intervention was partly effective and particularly beneficial in reducing stress among smartphone users with higher PSU, highlighting the need to tailor interventions. Present findings need to be replicated by future research using a larger sample size.
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dc.format.extent
21 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
digital disconnection
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dc.subject
digital nudge
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intervention app
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dc.subject
problematic smartphone use
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dc.subject.ddc
100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie
dc.title
Effects of an intervention targeting social media app use on well-being outcomes: A randomized controlled trial
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
e12646
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1111/aphw.12646
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
17
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12646
refubium.affiliation
Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
refubium.affiliation.other
Arbeitsbereich Gesundheitspsychologie

refubium.funding
DEAL Wiley
refubium.note.author
Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1758-0854