The impact of peer pressure on short video addiction of Chinese adolescents: a moderated mediation model
Deng X, Pan W, Lu Q, Wu Y
BMC psychology · 0 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Gannan Normal University
- Government
- Key research base project of humanities and social sciences in Jiangxi Province
- Government
- Key project of Jiangxi Provincial Education Science Planning
- University or hospital
- Research on high-quality development of teacher education in Gannan Normal University
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Publication
- Published
- 2026-04-11 · BMC Psychol · vol. 14 · issue 1
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 1 citation · more than 98% of similar papers · 13.9× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 32 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- peer pressure, short video addiction, adolescents, cognitive emotion regulation, social support, moderated mediation, ACE model, cognitive-behavioral model, high school students, Chinese adolescents
- MeSH
- humans, cross-sectional studies, adolescent behavior, behavior, addictive, peer group, social support, adolescent, china, female, male, emotional regulation, internet addiction disorder, mediation analysis, east asian people
4 authors
From CN
- Xiaoping DENG · correspondingGannan Normal University
- Wenyi PanGannan Normal University
- Qing LuGannan Normal University
- Yuzhen WuGannan Normal University
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The rising popularity of short videos has sparked increasing worry about their potential for adolescent addiction. Guided by the ACE (Anonymity, Convenience, and Escape) and cognitive-behavioral model, our investigation examines how peer pressure is linked to this addiction, with specific attention to the mediating function of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and the buffering effect of social support. METHODS: 699 secondary school students completed an anonymous cross-sectional survey. Participants engaged with the Peer Pressure Questionnaire, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short, Adolescent Social Support Scale, and Short-Form Video Addiction Scale. We tested a moderated mediation model to analyze the data. RESULTS: Results demonstrated that peer pressure was significantly associated with addiction. Maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the association between peer pressure to short video addiction (β = 0.05, 95% CI [0.02, 0.08]). However, adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies did not demonstrate a significant mediating effect. Furthermore, social support was associated with a weaker impact of peer pressure on maladaptive strategies (β = -0.10, 95% CI [།0.17, །0.02]). CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that peer pressure is significantly associated with short video addiction through emotion regulation mechanisms, with social support exerting context-dependent associations. The research offers a theoretical basis for creating focused interventions to decrease short video addiction in adolescents.
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