Study on the Causes of Short Video Addiction Among Adolescents

Abstract

Prior surveys have indicated that a considerable proportion of adolescents engage in excessive Internet use. However, subsequent surveys conducted in recent years have demonstrated that this phenomenon persists. Consequently, guardians and other relevant parties lack awareness of the underlying causes, and there is a dearth of rigorous scientific research methodologies. In this study, this paper employed a questionnaire to ascertain the hypothesis regarding the causes of adolescents’ addiction to short videos. The objective of this study is to ascertain whether adolescents who are experiencing stress may be more likely to develop an addiction to short videos as a means of coping with that stress. Does the practice of scrolling through short videos on the Internet, a common habit among adults, contribute to the development of Internet addiction among adolescents? The hypothesis that a lack of leisure activities other than surfing the Internet may lead to Internet addiction among adolescents is supported by the data. Furthermore, the data indicate that all three problems may lead to teenagers’ addiction to short videos. Therefore, it can be concluded that the situation of many teenagers’ addiction to short videos can be effectively improved by finding the right way to reduce stress for teenagers, discouraging guardians from changing unhealthy habits of surfing the Internet, and providing teenagers with the conditions for beneficial leisure activities.