Trial · NCT07913854
Exploring The Effect of TikTok Trigger Warnings in a Clinical Sample of Youth at Risk of Suicide
NCT07913854, Not applicable, Enrolling by invitation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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ConductScience Library. Exploring The Effect of TikTok Trigger Warnings in a Clinical Sample of Youth at Risk of Suicide. Trials, record NCT07913854. Release trials-2026-11-12-0.4.0, 12 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/trials/NCT07913854
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- Title
- Exploring The Effect of TikTok Trigger Warnings in a Clinical Sample of Youth at Risk of Suicide
- NCT number
- NCT07913854
- Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Phases
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 82 participants, estimated
- Lead sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Conditions
- Suicide Prevention, Social Media Users
- Interventions
- Trigger Warning
- First posted
- 2026-11-03
- Last updated
- 2026-11-12
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Registered outcomes5
Each outcome the trial registered, primary first, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
| List | Outcome | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Emotional Affect | Administered to both study groups immediately before and immediately after viewing both videos. | The investigators will measure emotional affect using the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Short Form (I-PANAS-SF), State Version. Participants will rate the extent to which they are presently experiencing five positive emotions (alert, inspired, determined, attentive, active) and five negative emotions (upset, hostile, ashamed, nervous, afraid). |
| Secondary | State Anxiety | STAI-6 is administered immediately before and after viewing both videos (administered to both groups). | State Anxiety will be measured using the STAI-S. It measures trait and state anxiety. This describes a participant's current but temporary emotional response to an external trigger. Definition provided by APA: "anxiety in response to a specific situation that is perceived as threatening or dangerous. State anxiety varies in intensity and fluctuates over time." Participants will rate the degree to which they currently feel: calm, tense, upset, relaxed, content, worried. |
| Secondary | Self-Reported Behavioural Avoidance Intention | It will be measured post- TW and stimuli viewing, for participants in both arms. | It is the desire to engage in behavioural avoidance of the TikTok video. It will be measured by one single question. That single question was created for the purposes of measuring participants' intention for behavioural avoidance in this study. Participants will be asked: "If you encountered videos like the ones you just watched while scrolling on social media, how likely would you be to skip or scroll past them without watching?", with responses rated on a scale from 1 ("not at all likely") to 5 ("extremely likely"). |
| Other | Retrospectively rated anticipatory anxiety, defined as anxiety experienced in anticipation of viewing content, rated retrospectively | Administered to the TW+ group after viewing both videos. | It will be measured by one single question. That single question will be asked of participants in the TW+ group: "Thinking back, how anxious did you feel immediately after seeing "Trigger warning: Suicide"?" Participants will rate their anxiety on a scale from 1 ("not at all") to 5 ("extremely"). For this question, TW+ participants must retrospectively rate their anxiety (i.e. think back to the anxiety they felt at the time and rate it, rather than asking for their anxiety in the moment, after the TW). |
| Other | Attitudes towards/opinions about the helpfulness of TWs | Administered to both groups in the post-experiment | Participants will complete a post-experiment questionnaire that, among some other questions, assesses perceptions on the helpfulness of trigger warnings, including their perceived helpfulness for emotionally preparing viewers, helping viewers make informed viewing decisions, allowing viewers to avoid unwanted content, and protecting individuals with a history of suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours from unexpectedly encountering distressing content. |
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Outcomes0
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None in this release.
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Adverse events0
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Papers0
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Grants0
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Tests0
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Source
- Release
- trials-2026-11-12-0.4.0
- Release manifest SHA-256
- 0f4a8d8c48aee2a7573ae0fa94ecbeab70c1adbe449bbc95c424bc7d3e97b9d4
- Registry capture
- 2026-11-12
- Results copy, AACT
- 2026-03-23
- NIH clinical studies file
- 2026-11-13
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Sources 3
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
- ClinicalTrials.govNone stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain
Each source's terms
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
- ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.
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