The Experience of Short Video Addiction Among College Students

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-30
SponsorSun Yat-sen University

About this trial

This qualitative study aims to explore the experience of short-video addiction among college students using a directed content analysis approach grounded in the integrated framework of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) theory and the Temporal Self-Regulation Theory (TST).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Full-time college students (including associate degree, bachelor's degree, and graduate students)

Answer "yes" to 4 or more diagnostic items on the College Student Short Video Addiction Scale

Willing to participate voluntarily and provide written informed consent

Disqualifiers

Those with severe mental or cognitive impairments who are unable to participate in the interview.

Refusal to participate in the study

Trial population

The study population will consist of full-time college students (including associate degree, bachelor's degree, and graduate students) recruited from universities in China. Participants will be purposively selected based on their scores on the College Student Short Video Addiction Scale. Those who answer "yes" to 4 or more diagnostic items on the scale will be included, indicating a pattern of problematic short video use. Individuals with severe mental disorders or major cognitive impairment participation will be excluded.

Trial design

Design model

Case-only

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Semistructured interview

    Other intervention

    A qualitative design using directed content analysis will be employed. Participants will be full-time college students who meet the screening criteria based on the College Student Short Video Addiction Scale. A semi-structured interview approach will be adopted to collect data on aspects such as the history of college students' use of short videos, triggering situations, emotional and cognitive experiences, self-regulation strategies, and perceived impacts.

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: College students with short video addiction1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Qualitative Experience of Short Video Addiction

Thematic patterns of short video addiction based on the integrated S-O-R and TST framework, including triggering stimuli, emotional/cognitive experiences, behavioral responses, time perception distortion, future self-connection, and self-regulatory failure.

Time frame
At the time of interview

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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