ArticlePloS one2024
The relationship between short video usage and academic achievement among elementary school students: The mediating effect of attention and the moderating effect of parental short video usage.
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- Taming the endless scroll? Short-form videos, digital routines and neurocognitive outcomes in youth : a systematic literature review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Short-Form Video Addiction of Students with Hearing Impairments: The Roles of Demographics, Parental Psychological Control, and Psychological Reactance.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Short video addiction is associated with students' academic disengagement: a moderated mediation analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From short-form video addiction to burnout: exploring the role of emotional enhancement (TikTok brain) and perceived video-attributed attentional decline through the I-PACE model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of 10-week modified badminton curriculum on physical fitness and sustained attention in elementary school children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Short videos have gained widespread popularity among elementary school students in China. As a form of entertainment media, their usage has steadily increased among adolescents in recent years. This phenomenon has sparked extensive discussions in society, especially against Chinese parents' high concern for their children's academic performance. Therefore, this study collected 1052 valid questionnaires from elementary school students, attempting to explore the possibility that their short video usage might negatively impact their academic performance. Besides, the mechanism of this relationship was also examined from the perspective of children's attention and environmental factors of parents' short video usage. The research findings indicate that the more elementary school students use short videos, the lower their academic performance, with attention mediating in this relationship. The longer the parental short video usage duration, the exacerbating effect it has on elementary school students' negative impact on attention caused by short video usage due to its positive moderating effect. This study provides crucial insights for parents, educators, and short video platforms, offering valuable references for formulating more scientifically and logically grounded educational strategies.
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