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Studying the effects of digital arts-based interventions on teenagers' social media usage, brain connectivity, and mental health: study protocol of the SMART project.

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Název: Studying the effects of digital arts-based interventions on teenagers' social media usage, brain connectivity, and mental health: study protocol of the SMART project.
Alternate Title: Estudio de los efectos de las intervenciones digitales basadas en artes sobre el uso de redes sociales, conectividad cerebral y la salud mental de los adolescentes: protocolo de estudio del proyecto SMART. (Spanish)
Autoři: 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
Zdroj: European Journal of Psychotraumatology; Dec2025, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-23, 23p
Témata: SOCIAL media, TEENAGERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, MULTIMEDIA (Art), PSYCHOTHERAPY, MENTAL health, ARTS education, FUNCTIONAL connectivity
Abstract (English): Background: 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. Objectives: 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. Methods: 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. Discussion: 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. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06402253.. HIGHLIGHTS: In today's highly digital world, where smartphones and social media are ubiquitous among children and adolescents, debate persists over which online activities benefit youth and which may be harmful. Mental health, attention, cognitive and emotional control, as well as the neural underpinnings of these brain functions, seem to be negatively affected by social media but positively influenced by music, arts, and creative training. Our project –SMART– aims to train 13–16 year-old teenagers in composition and editing of either music or photography materials, using this artistic experience to promote critical thinking around the use of social media, in an attempt to overcome the detrimental mental health and cognitive effects associated with the passive use of these platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Antecedentes: Las redes sociales (RS) se han vuelto omnipresentes entre los jóvenes. Sin embargo, aún se debate cuáles actividades en RS resultan beneficiosas o perjudiciales para el bienestar de niños y adolescentes. Mientras que algunos reportes destacan resultados positivos de las RS en el aprendizaje, la interacción social y el bienestar, otras investigaciones sugieren que el uso excesivo de las RS induce una disminución en la atención, el control cognitivo y emocional, y aumenta los trastornos relacionados con la salud mental (ej, depresión y ansiedad). De forma interesante, las funciones cognitivas y emocionales que se ven afectadas negativamente por el uso intenso de RS, así como algunos de sus fundamentos neuronales, han sido previa y consistentemente reportados como beneficiados por intervenciones basadas en música y las artes. Objetivos: Aquí se presenta el protocolo para el proyecto 'Social Media Artistic tRaining in Teenagers (SMART)': se emplearán intervenciones digitales basadas en artes para enseñar a adolescentes a utilizar las RS de forma más estimulante y orientada a objetivos, en el contexto del aprendizaje de composición/edición musical o fotográfica mediante programas específicos de software de código abierto. Métodos: Los participantes (de 13 a 16 años) serán evaluados antes y después de completar un programa de intervención de 3 meses de composición/edición musical o fotográfica. Los participantes también proporcionarán mediciones semanales de uso de RS y estado de ánimo. También se reclutará un grupo control pasivo equivalente, que será evaluado y seguido durante 3 meses. Las evaluaciones incluirán mediciones cognitivas (atención), de estado de ánimo y de salud mental (depresión, estrés, ansiedad, autoestima), así como biomarcadores de conectividad funcional y estructural y morfológicos obtenidos mediante técnicas de RNM y MEG (magnetoencefalografía). Discusión: Esperamos cambios observables con el uso autoinformado y las actitudes hacia las RS, y beneficios en las mediciones de atención, estado de ánimo y salud mental, así como en los sustratos neuronales que sustentan estos procesos. Los datos que planeamos recolectar confirmarán o desafiarán estas expectativas, con el objetivo de mejorar nuestra comprensión del impacto del uso excesivo de RS sobre la función cerebral, el estado cognitivo y la salud mental. Nuestros hallazgos podrían, además, orientar estrategias potenciales para mitigar los efectos negativos de las RS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstrakt:Background: 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. Objectives: 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. Methods: 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. Discussion: 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. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06402253.. HIGHLIGHTS: In today's highly digital world, where smartphones and social media are ubiquitous among children and adolescents, debate persists over which online activities benefit youth and which may be harmful. Mental health, attention, cognitive and emotional control, as well as the neural underpinnings of these brain functions, seem to be negatively affected by social media but positively influenced by music, arts, and creative training. Our project –SMART– aims to train 13–16 year-old teenagers in composition and editing of either music or photography materials, using this artistic experience to promote critical thinking around the use of social media, in an attempt to overcome the detrimental mental health and cognitive effects associated with the passive use of these platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:20008066
DOI:10.1080/20008066.2025.2550079