Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Social Governance Research Center, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2024 Sep;249:104469. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104469. Epub 2024 Aug 23.
Recently, the usage of short-video applications (apps) has become widespread and the potential influence of short-video apps use on individuals has attracted the attention of researchers. However, few studies have explored the influence of short-video apps use on adolescents' self-concept clarity. This study aimed to examine the relationship between short-video apps use and self-concept clarity among adolescents and whether this relationship is mediated by flow and social media self-expansion. A total of 721 Chinese adolescents completed questionnaires on intensity of short-video apps use, flow, social media self-expansion, self-concept clarity, and SNS use intensity. The results revealed that short-video apps use was negatively related to self-concept clarity among adolescents. Flow mediated the association between short-video apps use and self-concept clarity. Moreover, the relationship between short-video apps use and self-concept clarity was sequentially mediated by flow and social media self-expansion. These findings offer new insights into our understanding of adolescents' self-development in the context of digital media and provide implications for fostering healthier online experiences among adolescents.
最近，短视频应用（apps）的使用变得非常普遍，短视频应用使用对个人的潜在影响引起了研究人员的关注。然而，很少有研究探讨短视频应用使用对青少年自我概念清晰度的影响。本研究旨在检验短视频应用使用与青少年自我概念清晰度之间的关系，以及这种关系是否受到流畅体验和社交媒体自我延伸的中介作用。共有 721 名中国青少年完成了关于短视频应用使用强度、流畅体验、社交媒体自我延伸、自我概念清晰度和 SNS 使用强度的问卷。结果表明，短视频应用使用与青少年的自我概念清晰度呈负相关。流畅体验在短视频应用使用和自我概念清晰度之间起中介作用。此外，短视频应用使用和自我概念清晰度之间的关系还通过流畅体验和社交媒体自我延伸的序列中介作用。这些发现为我们在数字媒体背景下理解青少年的自我发展提供了新的视角，并为培养青少年更健康的在线体验提供了启示。
