The objective of this study is to investigate whether there is a relation between smartphone usage and psychological parameters in young adults. Taking into accordance the type of research (explorative, observational) and the present state of…
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Health condition
veranderingen in affect (geen aandoeningen)
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The PsyMate questionnaire is a series of multiple choice questions about the
present affect (three positive, five negative), the present context and
activities (fysical activity, occupation, presence of other people), fysical
discomfort (fatigue, concentrationlevel, pain) and mobile phone usage
(frequency, frustration when unable to use phone) since the last beep. Positive
affect: cheerful, mentally fit and relaxed. Negative affect: irritated, bored,
lonely, stressed and worrying. The answers will be registrated using a 7-point
Likert schale, ranging from 'not' to 'very'.
Secondary outcome
not applicable
Background summary
There are indications for mobile phone effects on psychological and
neuropsychological functioning. Most ultiple publications report effects on
'mobile phone addiction'. A methodological problem in these studies is the
collection of data in retrospect. With the PsyMate application it is possible
to prevent this type of bias. By collecting real-life data in a longitudinal
design with a 2x N=1 pilot study, we can obtain an impression of the
relationship between mobile phone usage and emotion/behavior efficiently.
Study objective
The objective of this study is to investigate whether there is a relation
between smartphone usage and psychological parameters in young adults. Taking
into accordance the type of research (explorative, observational) and the
present state of literature (to our knowledge the relationship between mobile
phones and psychological effects has not been studies before using ESM) it is
hard to form hypotheses. It is expected that the undesired absence of one's
phone will lead to an enlarged stresslevel. Furthermore, we expect that an
increase of phone usage will lead to more depressive symptoms, less
concentration and sleep disturbance. Last, it is expected that loneliness will
lead to increased phone usage.
Study design
A longitudinal pilot study, in which the participant will be exposed to
multiple assessments each day (10x), during a 3 months period.
Study burden and risks
Participants will be invited to the researchlocation twice for a briefing (30
minutes) and a debriefing session (30 minutes). Furthermore they will be asked
to fill out the PsyMate questionnaire on a daily base after every beep. It is
expected this will cost a timeinvestment of approximately 15 minutes per day.
The questionnaires are generally experienced as a small burden (in previous
PsyMate research performed by this department). Participation is not associated
with health risks.
Vijverdalseweg 1
Maastricht 6226NB
NL
Vijverdalseweg 1
Maastricht 6226NB
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
20-25 years old, healty, good understanding of dutch language, smartphone user
Exclusion criteria
psychiatric diagnosis, pregnancy
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL55632.068.15 |