Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 162, Section 1, Heping E. Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 28;18(3):1168. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031168.
Binge-watching refers to the watching of several episodes of a TV series or program in rapid succession. This study aims to investigate the associations of binge-watching behavior with depression, social interaction anxiety, and loneliness risks among adults in Taiwan.
A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in October 2018, in which data from 1488 participants were collected using a self-administered questionnaire comprising four valid and reliable scales: the Center for Epidemiologic Studied Depression Scale (CES-D), the Chinese version of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS-C), the UCLA Loneliness Scale (version 3), and the Problematic Series Watching Scale (PSWS).
Among the surveyed participants, the mean age was 28.3, and most participants were women who had completed undergraduate education. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that, after adjustments for sociodemographic characteristics and self-reported health statuses, the score on the problematic binge-watching scale was positively associated with the scores on the depression, social interaction anxiety, and loneliness scales ( < 0.001 for each model).
Problematic binge-watching was associated with increased depression, social interaction anxiety, and loneliness risks among adults in Taiwan. Additional studies on the relationship between problematic binge-watching and mental health problems, as well as its potential mechanism, are warranted.
binge-watching 是指连续快速观看多部电视剧或节目的行为。本研究旨在探讨 binge-watching 行为与台湾成年人抑郁、社交互动焦虑和孤独风险之间的关联。
2018 年 10 月进行了一项横断面在线调查，使用自填式问卷收集了 1488 名参与者的数据，问卷包括四个有效和可靠的量表：流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）、社交互动焦虑量表中文版（SIAS-C）、加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独量表（第 3 版）和问题系列观看量表（PSWS）。
在调查参与者中，平均年龄为 28.3 岁，大多数参与者为女性，具有本科以上学历。多变量回归分析表明，在校正社会人口学特征和自我报告的健康状况后，问题 binge-watching 量表得分与抑郁、社交互动焦虑和孤独量表得分呈正相关（每个模型均 < 0.001）。
问题 binge-watching 与台湾成年人的抑郁、社交互动焦虑和孤独风险增加有关。有必要进一步研究问题 binge-watching 与心理健康问题之间的关系及其潜在机制。
