The relationship between physical activity and short video addiction among college students: mediating effects of self-control and social anxiety
Wang G, Wu K, Gu J, Zhang Z
Frontiers in psychology · 10 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- University or hospital
- Changzhou University
- University or hospital
- Division of Graduate Education
Based on 3 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2025-09-18 · Front Psychol · vol. 16 · p. 1640353
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media
- Cited
- 13 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 24.7× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- physical activity, short video addiction, university students, self-control, social anxiety, mediating effect, serial mediation
4 authors
From CN
- Guoyu WangChangzhou University
- Kuijun WuChangzhou University
- Jiajie GuChangzhou University
- Zheng Zhang · correspondingChangzhou University
Abstract
Introduction
Short video addiction has significantly altered college students' learning, living, and entertainment habits, exerting a negative impact on their physical and mental health, which has drawn widespread attention from scholars.
Methods
This study surveyed 650 college students using the Physical Activity Level Scale, Self-Control Scale, Adolescent Social Anxiety Scale, and Short Video Addiction Scale through the convenient sampling method to explore the mechanism of physical activity's impact on short video addiction.
Results
The results of the study indicate that: (1) physical activity has a significant and negative impact on short video addiction; (2) physical activity influences short video addiction through the mediating effect of self-control; (3) physical activity influences short video addiction through the mediating effect of social anxiety; (4) self-control and social anxiety play a chain mediating role in the impact of physical activity on short video addiction.
Conclusion
These findings help researchers and educators better understand the underlying mechanisms of the relationship between physical activity and short video addiction, and provide practical and effective operational recommendations for the prevention and intervention of short video addiction among college students.
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