Influencing factors of short-form video addiction among Chinese university students: a systematic review
Zhan X, Zhu W
Frontiers in psychology · 5 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Systematic review (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Wuhan Business University
Based on 1 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2025-09-22 · Front Psychol · vol. 16 · p. 1663670
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media
- Cited
- 17 citations · more than 96% of similar papers · 5.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 46 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- short-form video addiction, university students, influencing factors, I-PACE model, personality traits, psychological factors, media use motivation, Chinese university students, addiction prevention
2 authors
From CN
- Xiaoling Zhan · correspondingWuhan Business University
- Weijia ZhuWuhan University
Abstract
Introduction
This systematic review explores the influencing factors of short-form video addiction (SVA) among Chinese university students over the past 5 years. It offers theoretical and practical implications for understanding and preventing SVA among university students and suggests future research directions.
Methods
This review identified 28 eligible peer-reviewed articles from seven English and Chinese databases. The protocol was pre-registered in PROSPERO (CRD420251030636).
Results
The findings indicate that SVA among university students is prevalent and multifactorial. Influencing factors include eight domains: demographic, psychological, personality traits, behavioral, social, family, motivation for media use, and platform-induced factors.
Discussion
Guided by the I-PACE model, the review organized these domains into the person-affect-cognition-execution framework. Personal factors include demographic and personality traits; social and family factors represent persons' external environmental influences; affective and cognitive components comprise psychological factors and media use motivations; and execution factors include behavioral and platform-induced influences. These components interact with each other and collectively predict SVA throughout university students' development. Psychological and personality trait factors often serve as mediating or chained mediating variables for other influencing factors. Conflicting findings regarding demographic, personality, and psychological influences may result from sample homogeneity and research design limitations. Research gaps remain in policy factors and longitudinal or intervention-based studies.
Systematic review registration
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD420251030636, PROSPERO: CRD420251030636.
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