An Exploration into the Use of Social Networking Sites by Adolescents

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  An Exploration into the Use of Social Networking Sites by Adolescents Who Self-Harm

• IRAS ID

  167231

• Contact name

  Gayle Hann

• Contact email

  gayle.hann@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  University College London

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  Z6364106/2014/12/07, UCL Data Protection Registration

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 2 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  It has been previously documented that adolescents who suffer from depression and self-harm are more likely to use social networking sites. This study aims to find out why this is so. This will be achieved by targeting adolescents who are in hospital for self-harm and administering questionnaires asking about their use of social networking sites. Their responses will be compared to those of adolescents who are in-patients in hospital for a reason other than mental ill health.

• REC name

  London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/LO/0247

• Date of REC Opinion

  9 Mar 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion