Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the French Version of the Social Media Disorder Scale for Parents (SMDS-P) in a Sample of Parents of Preteens and Teens Aged 10 to 17
| Registry | NCT07476755, acronym MEDUSA-P |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | Observational |
| Enrollment | 300 (Actual) |
| Sponsor | Versailles Hospital (Other) |
| Conditions | Problematic Social Media Use |
| Dates | start 2025-01-31, primary completion 2026-01-31, completion 2026-01-31, first posted 2026-03-17, last updated 2026-03-17 |
| Locations | 1 site in France |
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During the first lockdown related to the COVID-19 crisis, more than 12 million students in France were affected by school closures. Previous studies have shown that when children and adolescents are not in school, they are less physically active, spend more time in front of screens, and have disrupted sleep patterns. Parents are often the first to notice problems with their children's misuse of social media, and children tend to underestimate how often and how long they use social media. Therefore, given the increase in social media use and the limitations of self-assessment scales, it seems necessary to supplement the identification of problematic social media use in children with parental hetero-assessments.
The main objective of the research is to translate, culturally adapt into French, and validate the parent version of the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS-P).
The secondary objectives are 1) to determine the degree and meaning of discrepancies in the scores for problematic social media use obtained by the parent-child pair, and 2) to study the socio-demographic, clinical, and environmental factors associated with problematic social media use (according to the SMDS score) among preteens and teens.
The population of interest consists of parent/children pairs aged 10 to 17. This population is recruited from consultants in the pediatrics and child psychiatry departments of the Centre Hospitalier de Versailles.
This is a cross-sectional observational epidemiological study.
Sex: All, ages: 10 Years to 17 Years, accepts healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria of Child/Adolescent Sample * Patients aged 10 to 17 receiving child pediatric or psychiatric care at the Centre Hospitalier de Versailles * Patient's agreement to participate in research * Agreement of parental authority to participate Exclusion Criteria of Child/Adolescent Sample * Patient unable to give consent to participate in research * Refusal of parental authority to allow child's participation in research * Difficulty in oral/written comprehension on the part of the child Inclusion Criteria of Parent Sample * Parents of children aged 10 to 17 receiving child pediatric or psychiatric care at the Centre Hospitalier de Versailles * Parent's agreement to participate in research Exclusion Criteria of Parent Sample * Parent unable to give consent to participate in research * Refusal of parental authority to participate * Difficulty in oral/written comprehension on the part of the parent
| Facility | City | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Versailles | Le Chesnay | France |