Vaquero Lucía, Groves Karleigh, Muñoz-Vidal Eva Luna, James Kevin, Marlor J L, McIntyre Christopher, Ostia Lorena, Sirota Sean, Shields Lindsay, Degé Franziska, García-Mingo Elisa, Ripollés Pablo
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, USA.
Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL), New York University, New York, USA.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2025 Dec;16(1):2550079. doi: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2550079. Epub 2025 Sep 17.
Social media (SM) has become ubiquitous among youth. However, which SM activities are beneficial or detrimental for the wellness of children and adolescents is still under debate. While some reports highlight positive outcomes of SM in learning, social interaction, and wellbeing, other investigations suggest that the overuse of SM induces decreased attention, cognitive, and emotional control, and increases mental-health related disorders (e.g. depression and anxiety). Interestingly, the cognitive and emotional functions negatively affected by the intense use of SM, as well as some of its neural underpinnings, have been previously and consistently reported to benefit from music and arts-based interventions. The protocol for the 'Social Media Artistic tRaining in Teenagers (SMART)' project (ClinicalTrial: NCT06402253) is presented here: digital art-based interventions will be used to teach adolescents how to use SM in more goal-oriented and stimulating ways, in the context of learning music or photography composition/editing through specific open-source software. Participants (aged 13-16) will be evaluated before and after completing a 3-month music or photography composition/editing intervention programme. Participants will also provide weekly measures of SM usage and mood. A matched passive control group will also be recruited, evaluated, and followed for 3 months. Evaluations will include cognitive (attention), mood, and mental-health (depression, stress, anxiety, self-esteem) measures, as well as functional and structural connectivity and morphological biomarkers obtained via MRI and MEG techniques. We expect observable changes in self-reported use and attitudes towards SM, and benefits in attention, mood, and mental-health measures, as well as in the neural substrates supporting these processes. The data we plan to collect will confirm or challenge these expectations, aiming to improve our understanding of the impact of SM overuse on brain function, cognitive state, and mental health. Our findings could also inform potential strategies to mitigate SM negative effects. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06402253..
社交媒体（SM）在青少年中已无处不在。然而，哪些SM活动对儿童和青少年的健康有益或有害仍在争论中。虽然一些报告强调了SM在学习、社交互动和幸福感方面的积极成果，但其他调查表明，过度使用SM会导致注意力、认知和情绪控制下降，并增加与心理健康相关的疾病（如抑郁症和焦虑症）。有趣的是，此前一直有报告称，因大量使用SM而受到负面影响的认知和情绪功能，以及其一些神经基础，可从基于音乐和艺术的干预中受益。本文介绍了“青少年社交媒体艺术训练（SMART）”项目的方案（临床试验：NCT06402253）：在通过特定开源软件学习音乐或摄影构图/编辑的背景下，将使用基于数字艺术的干预措施，教导青少年如何以更具目标导向和刺激性的方式使用SM。参与者（年龄在13 - 16岁之间）将在完成为期3个月的音乐或摄影构图/编辑干预计划前后接受评估。参与者还将每周提供SM使用情况和情绪的测量数据。还将招募一个匹配的被动对照组，进行评估并跟踪3个月。评估将包括认知（注意力）、情绪和心理健康（抑郁、压力、焦虑、自尊）测量，以及通过MRI和MEG技术获得的功能和结构连接性及形态学生物标志物。我们预计在自我报告的SM使用情况和态度方面会有可观察到的变化，在注意力、情绪和心理健康测量方面会有改善，以及在支持这些过程的神经基质方面也会有改善。我们计划收集的数据将证实或挑战这些预期，旨在增进我们对SM过度使用对脑功能、认知状态和心理健康影响的理解。我们的研究结果还可为减轻SM负面影响的潜在策略提供参考。ClinicalTrials.gov标识符：NCT06402253。
