Smartphone stress prompts and hair steroid levels in college students
Part of Hormones & metabolism, Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests whether brief prompts to help you cope with stress, sent to your smartphone, can improve your wellbeing. It will also look at stress hormones in hair as a way to measure long-term stress levels.
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Who can take part
- You must be a current University of Florida student.
- You must be at least 18 years old.
- You must own a smartphone and use it every day.
- You must be willing to wear a wrist device and answer quick check-ins several times a day for about five weeks.
- If you join the optional hair part, you need at least about a centimeter of hair at the back of your head, with no scalp issues or recent skin treatments there.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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