ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
The relationship between physical activity and short video addiction among college students: mediating effects of self-control and social anxiety.
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- Heterogeneity in Short Video Addiction and Its Association with Inattention and Negative Emotions Among College Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The mechanism of physical exercise and adolescent short-form video app addiction: the chain mediating role of autonomous motivation and mental health literacy.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Emotional maltreatment and problematic short-video use among adolescents: an indirect association through narcissism and moderation of the direct association by physical activity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The dual-path association between upward social comparison and short video addiction: parallel mediating roles of negative emotions and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Loneliness and problematic use of conversational artificial intelligence among college students: the serial mediating roles of social anxiety and self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A motivation-based theoretical framework for understanding short-form video use and mental health among university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exercise as an adjunct intervention for social anxiety disorder: a mini-review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Exercise-based interventions for problematic short-video use: a narrative review of current evidence and potential psychological pathways.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- The relationship between shyness and short video addiction among college students: chain mediating role of social support and basic psychological needs.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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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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