Short-Form Video Addiction of Students with Hearing Impairments: The Roles of Demographics, Parental Psychological Control, and Psychological Reactance

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Purpose Due to limited auditory capabilities, students with hearing impairments rely more on visual stimuli, making short-form videos a key information source and potential addiction risk. However, research on this topic is exceedingly scarce. This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of short-form video addiction among students with hearing impairments and the roles of parental psychological control and students’ psychological reactance in short-form video addiction. Methods A total of 335 students with hearing impairments from China participated in this survey. Canonical correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were performed to analyze the data. Results Primary school students, day students, and those under the age of 13 exhibited significantly lower levels of short-form video addiction. Parental psychological control was positively associated with hearing-impaired students’ short-form video addiction, and their correlation was mainly manifested in the correlation between guilt induction (one dimension of parental psychological control) and productivity loss (one dimension of short-form video addiction). Additionally, psychological reactance partially mediated the effect of parental psychological control on short-form video addiction. Conclusion Hearing-impaired students’ short-form video addiction varies across their demographics. Parental psychological control is a risk factor for short-form video addiction among students with hearing impairments, and this relationship is partially mediated by students’ psychological reactance. This study offers implications for reducing short-form video addiction from the perspectives of family, school, and society.
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  • National Education Science Planning Project (BMX230345)

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