Short Video Addiction Scale among College Students – Chinese Version

Description

With the development of smartphones and internet technology, the way information is transmitted through social media has shifted from text to books, and now to videos. According to data released by Quest Mobile, in 2018, the increase in user time spent in the short video industry was as high as 33.1%, surpassing online video, and becoming the second-largest industry next to instant messaging. In today’s short video era, various short video platforms have become an increasingly popular choice for online entertainment and social interaction. They exploit users’ herd mentality, the desire for satisfaction from it, the inclination to escape from real life, and the pleasure of self-release in a virtual space, ultimately becoming a new “addictive” form of entertainment that has permeated our daily lives, potentially leading to addiction.

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to understand short video addiction as a form of internet and smartphone addiction, exploring its impact on individuals’ psychological and social functionality.

Test Year

2019

Administration Method and Scoring

The Short Video Addiction Scale among College Students is administered through self-reporting on items that reflect various dimensions of addiction. Respondents rate each item on a Likert scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents “very inconsistent” and 5 represents “consistent.”

Reliability and Validity

The overall internal consistency reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.91, with each dimension’s Cronbach’s α coefficient ranging from 0.76 to 0.89, demonstrating good structural fit across the four factors.

Factors and Subscales

The scale comprises four dimensions:
– 戒断性 (Withdrawal)
– 逃避性 (Escapism)
– 失控性 (Loss of Control)
– 低效性 (Inefficiency)

Keywords

Short video addiction, behavioral addiction, college students, psychological effects, social effects.

Items in Chinese

1. 因玩短视频你流量超支。
2. 你发现自己玩短视频的时间比本来打算的要长。
3. 你尝试在玩短视频上少花些时间但是做不到。
4. 你从未觉得在玩短视频上花够了时间。
5. 当在手机信号区外呆上一阵时，你总担心会错过一些精彩的短视频。
6. 你很难做到将短视频 APP 卸载。
7. 如果你有一阵子没有玩短视频，你会变得焦虑。
8. 没有玩短视频你会心神不定。
9. 如果你没有玩短视频，你不知道自己空闲时该干什么。
10. 当感到被孤立时，你会玩短视频。
11. 当你感到孤独的时候，你会玩短视频。
12. 当你情绪低落的时候，你会玩短视频来改善情绪。
13. 你发现自己在其他必须要做的事情时却沉迷于玩短视频，为此给你带来些麻烦。
14. 玩短视频耗费的时间直接导致你的办事效率降低。

Items in English

1. You exceed your data limit because you spend time on short videos.
2. You find that you spend more time on short videos than you originally planned.
3. You try to spend less time on short videos but fail to do so.
4. You never feel that you spend enough time on short videos.
5. When you’re outside of mobile signal coverage for a while, you’re always worried about missing some exciting short videos.
6. You find it difficult to uninstall the short video app.
7. If you haven’t watched short videos for a while, you become anxious.
8. You feel restless without watching short videos.
9. When not watching short videos, you don’t know what to do in your free time.
10. You watch short videos when you feel isolated.
11. You watch short videos when you feel lonely.
12. You watch short videos to improve your mood when you’re feeling down.
13. You find yourself engrossed in short videos during important tasks, causing you trouble.
14. The time spent on short videos directly reduces your work efficiency.

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