The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-control
Abstract Short videos, with their brevity and high entertainment value, attract many adolescent users. However, prolonged viewing may negatively impact adolescents’ cognitive development, especially self-control and academic performance. This study explores the impact of the family environment on ad...
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| description | Abstract Short videos, with their brevity and high entertainment value, attract many adolescent users. However, prolonged viewing may negatively impact adolescents’ cognitive development, especially self-control and academic performance. This study explores the impact of the family environment on adolescents’ addiction to short videos and reveals the intrinsic role of psychological capital and self-control in the relationship between the family environment and adolescents’ short video addiction. Based on ecosystem theory, a hypothetical model was constructed in which psychological capital and self-control serve as chained mediators in the influence of the family environment on short video addiction. Revised scales for family environment, psychological capital, self-control, and short video addiction were used to conduct a survey among 1,735 middle school students from five provinces in China (51.7% male; M age = 15.2, SD = 1.8). This study found that: (1) A positive family environment, psychological capital, and self-control are significantly negatively correlated with adolescents’ short video addiction; (2) The mediating effect of psychological capital between the family environment and short video addiction is not significant; (3) Self-control has a significant mediating effect between the family environment and short video addiction (6.8%); (4) Psychological capital and self-control have a significant chained mediating effect between the family environment and short video addiction (12.8%). The family environment has a significant impact on adolescents’ short video addiction. Close family relationships and rich family recreational activities help reduce the risk of addiction. Psychological capital and self-control play important mediating roles in the relationship between the family environment and short video addiction. Enhancing adolescents’ psychological capital and self-control abilities can effectively prevent and intervene in addiction issues. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8bb20ef7265045c0a9f3848e3da79a5f2025-01-12T12:12:01ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922025-01-011211810.1057/s41599-024-04292-8The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-controlQing Wang0Yimeng Guo1Zhensong Lan2Huaqiang Liu3School of Sociology and Humanities, Jiangxi University Of Finance And EconomicsSchool of Sociology and Humanities, Jiangxi University Of Finance And EconomicsSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guangxi Medical UniversitySchool of Law and Public Administration, Yibin UniversityAbstract Short videos, with their brevity and high entertainment value, attract many adolescent users. However, prolonged viewing may negatively impact adolescents’ cognitive development, especially self-control and academic performance. This study explores the impact of the family environment on adolescents’ addiction to short videos and reveals the intrinsic role of psychological capital and self-control in the relationship between the family environment and adolescents’ short video addiction. Based on ecosystem theory, a hypothetical model was constructed in which psychological capital and self-control serve as chained mediators in the influence of the family environment on short video addiction. Revised scales for family environment, psychological capital, self-control, and short video addiction were used to conduct a survey among 1,735 middle school students from five provinces in China (51.7% male; M age = 15.2, SD = 1.8). This study found that: (1) A positive family environment, psychological capital, and self-control are significantly negatively correlated with adolescents’ short video addiction; (2) The mediating effect of psychological capital between the family environment and short video addiction is not significant; (3) Self-control has a significant mediating effect between the family environment and short video addiction (6.8%); (4) Psychological capital and self-control have a significant chained mediating effect between the family environment and short video addiction (12.8%). The family environment has a significant impact on adolescents’ short video addiction. Close family relationships and rich family recreational activities help reduce the risk of addiction. Psychological capital and self-control play important mediating roles in the relationship between the family environment and short video addiction. Enhancing adolescents’ psychological capital and self-control abilities can effectively prevent and intervene in addiction issues.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04292-8 |
| spellingShingle | Qing Wang Yimeng Guo Zhensong Lan Huaqiang Liu The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-control Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-control |
| title_full | The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-control |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-control |
| title_short | The fog of short videos among adolescents: the interwoven influence of family environment, psychological capital, and self-control |
| title_sort | fog of short videos among adolescents the interwoven influence of family environment psychological capital and self control |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04292-8 |
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