Screen time and teen minds: new study probes link
NCT ID NCT06284551
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how internet habits, cyberbullying, and emotional coping skills relate to mental health in young people aged 15 to 24. Researchers will survey 50 participants about their internet use, depression, anxiety, and self-harm thoughts. The goal is to better understand these connections, not to test a treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help identify risk factors for mental health issues linked to internet use, guiding future prevention strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with only 50 participants, so findings may not apply broadly. It does not test any treatment or intervention.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Feb 2022
- Expected to finish
-
Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Aged from 15 to 24 years old. Healthy youths and adults recruited publicly. Patients with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, or Adjustment disorder according to DSM-V recruited from outpatient clinic, emergency ward and day care ward of psychiatry department in National Taiwan University Hospital.
- Ages
-
15 to 24 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Control group * Able to understand the content of all questionnaires * Healthy youths aged 15-20 years old and adults aged 20-24 years old Experimental group * Able to understand the content of all questionnaires * Youths aged 15-20 years old and adults aged 20-24 years old * Diagnosed with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, or Adjustment disorder according to DSM-V Exclusion Criteria: * Illiterate or unable to understand the content of the questionnaires * Diagnosed with organic brain injury, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder according to DSM-V
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Adjustment disorder are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
The full official record for this study. This one lists no contact details, but it is the first place any would appear.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Five sessions to quiet trauma nightmares in bipolar disorder
- Can an antipsychotic restore feelings in people with depression?
- Can intense brain zaps lift depression? scientists track blood flow in real time
- Can training hospital staff in Trauma-Informed care make childbirth safer?
- Can an ancient herbal capsule boost antidepressant power?
- One 90-Minute session may help parents steady young Kids' mental health