Can Watching Online Videos Be Addictive? A Qualitative Exploration of Online Video Watching among Chinese Young Adults

Yang, Zeyang; Griffiths, Mark D.; Yan, Zhihao; Xu, Wenting

doi:10.3390/ijerph18147247

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“…Moreover, some of them used SVAs all day long and put SVAs use ahead of other daily routines, even if they had experienced undesirable health consequences [ 10 , 11 ]. An increasing number of studies have shown that problematic smartphone use may cause a range of physical and psychological problems, including low-quality sleep, body aches, dry and blurry eyes, anxiety, depression, decreased face-to-face interactions, and social isolation [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. To prevent middle-aged users from suffering the health hazards associated with the problematic use of SVAs, the current study tries to explicate the mechanism of problematic SVAs use among middle-aged Chinese adults.…”

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“…Compared to the problematic use of the internet and smartphones, problematic SVAs use is a relatively new phenomenon that has received limited scholarly attention [ 7 , 14 ]. Notably, researchers have often used the terms excessive use, problematic use, and addiction interchangeably in internet and smartphone studies [ 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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Exploring Stress and Problematic Use of Short-Form Video Applications among Middle-Aged Chinese Adults: The Mediating Roles of Duration of Use and Flow Experience

Huang

Chen

2021

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The pervasiveness of smartphones and the popularity of short-form video applications (SVAs), such as TikTok, among middle-aged Chinese adults have raised concerns about problematic SVAs use. Although a plethora of research has examined problematic smartphone use among teenagers and young adults, scarce attention has been paid to the middle-aged group. This study integrates the psychopathological approach and the compensatory use approach to explicate problematic SVAs use among middle-aged Chinese adults. We aim to examine the relationship between stress and problematic SVAs use via the mediating roles of duration of use and flow experience. A total of 194 middle-aged adults from across the nation participated in an online survey. The results showed that stress was positively associated with problematic SVAs use. We also found that duration of use positively mediated the relationship between stress and problematic SVAs use. Furthermore, a serial mediation effect of duration of use and flow experience was found. The findings suggest that the aforementioned two approaches are complementary to each other in explicating problematic SVAs use, but the compensatory use approach explains more than the psychopathological approach does. Flow experience extends the original compensatory use approach and demonstrates the importance of incorporating techno-psychological predictors in understanding problematic SVAs use.

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Exploring Stress and Problematic Use of Short-Form Video Applications among Middle-Aged Chinese Adults: The Mediating Roles of Duration of Use and Flow Experience

Huang

Chen

2021

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“…UGC on the internet is not merely used for entertainment or passing time but may also weakens the boredom of daily life ( Poon and Leung, 2013 ). However, scholars also pointed out that the richness of short video contents has intensified individuals’ addiction to short videos to some extent ( Yang et al, 2021 ), thereby reducing individuals’ interest in the surrounding things in daily life. Nowadays, many individuals choose to use mobile phones for temporary entertainment after work or study to reduce fatigue and boredom.…”

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Adolescent Addiction to Short Video Applications in the Mobile Internet Era

Liu

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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The adolescent addiction to short video applications is becoming increasingly prominent, which has brought great challenges to the physical and mental health and daily life of the adolescents. This manuscript conducts an empirical study on the contributing factors of the adolescent addiction to short video applications based on the user generated content (UGC). In our study, 96 participants aged 15–25 were surveyed by questionnaire, and then cross-analysis of individual factors and SEM analysis of UGC content factors were carried out. Through the analysis of individual factors of the adolescent addiction from the perspective of gender, age, and family environment, this study reveals that male users are more addicted to the use of applications (APP), and such addiction varies with age, and prolonged family members’ use of short video APP can also exacerbate the adolescent addiction degree. Furthermore, through verification of the theoretical model, it indicates that UGC perception and the degree of boredom in daily life have a significant positive effect on the level of addiction to short video applications, and the degree of boredom in daily life plays a significant mediating role between them. Based on the research on the influences of UGC on the adolescent immersive experience, this study proposes a mechanism of the adolescent addiction to the use of short video applications in the mobile Internet age to provide a better service guarantee for the adolescents.

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“…The high number of adolescent social media users has a positive impact on adolescents in the form of developing the capability to socialize, communicate, and friendships to cross countries, opening opportunities for learning through simplicity to access the information [1]- [3]. Contradictorily, this media is also could be able to provide unlimited access to impressions that smell of violence [4], pornography [4], [5], triggering cyberbullying [6], [7] and social media addiction [8], [9]. As the explanation of the theory of uses and gratification in the theory of communication, it is explained that each individual has a certain purpose based on his requirements by using media that are considered appropriate [10], [11].…”

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How to support teenagers in social media utilization: based on mother's experience

Kusumawaty

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Kurniawan³

et al. 2022

International Journal of Advanced Health Science and Technology

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The complexity and vulnerability of physical, psychological and social conditions result in the possibility of adolescents slumping in the circumstance of social media addiction in the existing era of digitalization. The problem of mother’s support to adolescents is very complex and undeniably becomes very necessary in directing teenagers throughout the utilization of social media. However, research related to the assistance of a mother towards adolescents in accompanying social media is still highly restricted. This study intends to explore forms of mother assistance to adolescents in utilizing social media based on their experiences. This qualitative study applied a phenomenological approach, involving twelve mothers with adolescent children and determined based on purposive sampling techniques. Data collection is done through in-depth interviews and compiled into transcripts, further determining the code, categories, and themes. The analysis process uses Colaizzi method, so that after the theme is formulated, the validation of the theme by participants is carried out. Trustworthiness, peer de briefing is conducted to ensure the validity of research results. The three themes produced related to the mother's experiences in accompanying adolescents are educating themselves, openness in communicating and formulating a mutual commitment. It can be concluded that the mother is a strong figure in keeping teenagers from falling into the heartbreaking condition of social media addiction. It is recommended that social media addiction prevention programs be developed through the coordination of families, teachers and peers based on the policies of the education department.

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Can Watching Online Videos Be Addictive? A Qualitative Exploration of Online Video Watching among Chinese Young Adults

Cited by 39 publications

References 36 publications

Exploring Stress and Problematic Use of Short-Form Video Applications among Middle-Aged Chinese Adults: The Mediating Roles of Duration of Use and Flow Experience

Exploring Stress and Problematic Use of Short-Form Video Applications among Middle-Aged Chinese Adults: The Mediating Roles of Duration of Use and Flow Experience

Adolescent Addiction to Short Video Applications in the Mobile Internet Era

How to support teenagers in social media utilization: based on mother's experience

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