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A Study on the Effectiveness of Rest Shame Interventions Based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Reducing Social Media Addiction

An interventional study of Structured intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in Rest is Shameful, sponsored by The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 25 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-16.

Sponsored by The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 25 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will employ a randomised controlled trial design to systematically intervene in university students' rest shaming through a structured intervention programme grounded in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), thereby examining its efficacy in reducing social media addiction. Through this research, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness of CBT interventions in alleviating rest shaming and demonstrate that operationalising rest shaming influences social media addiction.

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Conditions studied

  • Rest is Shameful
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In context

Lead sponsor

The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine is the lead sponsor of 90 studies on the registry; 77 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 25 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • University students aged 18-25 who are capable of understanding and completing research-related tasks, and who have confirmed the presence of rest shaming experiences via the Rest Shaming Scale.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals with a history of severe mental illness (such as clinically diagnosed depression, anxiety disorders, etc.), cognitive impairment, or an inability to cooperate in completing the research process.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Care provider)
Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Structured intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

    Structured intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

    Other: Structured intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

  • No intervention
    Control group

Interventions

  • OtherStructured intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

    Structured intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. rest intolerance scale

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 1 week

  2. Social media addiction

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 1 week

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Study locations

1 site
  • The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
    Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 16, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07284160
Lead sponsor
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 16, 2025
Start date
Jan 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2031 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 16, 2025

Study contacts

Yibo Wu
Contact
wuyiboism@zju.edu.cn
18810169630

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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