Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program (MBTAP)

December 20, 2025 updated by: Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU, Mersin University

The Effect of a Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program Applied to High School Students on Mindfulness, Internet and Smartphone Addiction

In this study, between 1 September 2023-31 January 2024, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 128 high school students in a state high school in Çankırı.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

128

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • being a first-year high school student studying at state high school in a central city of Türkiye
  • both student and parent agreeing to participate in the study and 3) not having communication barrier

Exclusion Criteria:

  • having an illness that would prevent participation in the study
  • withdrawing from the research voluntarily
  • not attending at least one of the sessions
  • not receiving other psychological training at the time of the research
  • not receiving mindfulness-based mediation experience
  • incomplete answering the instruments.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
There will be no training or intervention.
Experimental: Experimental group
Brief Self-compassion Program will be held in a face-to-face school environment for the high school students in the experimental group. The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes. The training program will be applied to 64 high school students in the experimental group.
Other: Mindfulness-Based Technology Addiction Program
The MBTAP was carried out face-to-face in the classroom for the high school students in the intervention group. The goal of the program was to improve high school students' mindfulness levels, and decrease internet and smartphone additions' levels. This program was developed based on the concepts of mindfulness. The MBTAP was created in a certain flow based on the awekening to mindfulness (2 sessions), breath, body and mind (2 sessions), mindfulness and stress (2 sessions) and power of the compassion. There are 8 sessions lasting four weeks in the program and the frequency of sessions is 2 sessions per week and each session lasts approximately 50 minutes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
Time Frame: Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)
The MAAS consists of 15 items and is 6-point Likert type (almost always (1), most of the time (2), sometimes (3), rarely (4), very rarely (5), almost never (6)). The MAAS, which measures the general tendency to be aware of and attentive to moment-to-moment experiences in daily life, has a single-factor structure and no reverse-coded questions. High scores on the scale indicate high levels of mindfulness. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was determined to be 0.80
Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form (YIAT-SF)
Time Frame: Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)
The YIAT-SF consists of 12 items, one factor and is 5-point Likert type. Scores on the form range from 12 (lowest) to 60 (highest) and a high score on the test indicates greater levels of internet addiction. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was determined to be 0.86.
Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)
Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SF)
Time Frame: Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)
The SAS-SF consists of 10 items, one factor and 6-point Likert type. Scores on the scale range from 10 (lowest) to 60 (highest) and a high score on the form indicates greater levels of smartphone addiction. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was determined to be 0.90.
Change from before implementation, after practice is completed (4th week)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mersin University

Collaborators

Çankırı Karatekin University
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 31, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

December 20, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 20, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 20, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

January 6, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 6, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 20, 2025

Last Verified

December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ÇankırıKU

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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