Department of Dynamic, Clinical Psychology and Health, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
PeerJ. 2023 Aug 8;11:e15796. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15796. eCollection 2023.
Binge-watching (BW) is the consecutive viewing of three or more episodes of the same series in one sitting. Although some negative effects on mental health were evidenced, the continuum of BW from leisure activity to problematic behavior is still unclear. This study aimed to analyze mental health (depression, trait anxiety, social anxiety, impulsivity, alexithymia) of people involved in different expressions of BW.
A cross-sectional survey collected data from 482 respondents. According to a validated BW questionnaire, participants were divided into Problematic BW, Moderate BW, Non-BW, and No-viewer, and differences between groups were tested on psychological dimensions assessed standardized questionnaires evaluating: trait and social anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation.
An association between problematic BW and worse mental health conditions was evidenced, and a positive effect of non-problematic BW was supported. A negative linear trend from the BW as a leisure activity to problematic BW was marked, indicating how a possible maladaptive behavior orientation of BW in specific mental health conditions could be figured out as a behavioral addiction.
binge-watching（连续观看）是指一次性连续观看同一部电视剧的三集或更多集。尽管已经有证据表明 binge-watching 对心理健康有一些负面影响，但 binge-watching 从休闲活动到出现问题行为的连续体仍不清楚。本研究旨在分析不同 binge-watching 表现形式的人群的心理健康（抑郁、特质焦虑、社交焦虑、冲动、述情障碍）。
横断面调查收集了 482 名受访者的数据。根据一个经过验证的 binge-watching 问卷，参与者被分为有问题的 binge-watching、适度的 binge-watching、不 binge-watching 和不观看者，并在心理维度上对各组进行了测试，使用标准化问卷评估：特质焦虑、社交焦虑、抑郁、冲动和情绪调节。
有问题的 binge-watching 与更差的心理健康状况之间存在关联，并且适度的 binge-watching 有积极的影响。 binge-watching 作为休闲活动到有问题的 binge-watching 的积极线性趋势表明，在特定的心理健康状况下， binge-watching 可能会出现适应不良的行为倾向，这可以被视为一种行为成瘾。
