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Xiaochen Wen1, Yaping Zhou1, Yinan Li2
1School of Philosophy and Sociology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Background:
In the post-epidemic era, the problem of short-video app addiction among older adults has become increasingly prominent, and people have begun to pay attention to the negative emotional and psychological consequences of Perceived Overload of short-video apps. Given the growing mental health concerns of older adults, it is critical to understand the potential relationship between the Perceived Overload of short video apps for older adults and older adults' mental health.
Methods:
This study applied the stress-strain-outcome (SSO) framework to explore the relationship between perceived overload of a short-video application and loneliness, mental health, and Confucianism tenets in 1300 Chinese older adults. The relationship between perceived overload and loneliness, mental health, and Confucianism tenet moderated mediation models of perceived overload and mental health were created using SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS 4.1 for SPSS.
Results:
The perceived overload of a short video application for older adults directly predicted loneliness and mental health in older adults, and the Confucianism tenet moderated the mediation process between perceived overload and mental health. Perceived overload affects mental health through loneliness in older adults.
Discussion:
The results of this study are of practical significance for understanding the current problem of short-video addiction among older adults. Understanding the effects of perceived overload on older adults' loneliness and mental health can help prevent loneliness and mental health problems caused by short-video addiction among older adults on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also help to develop targeted coping strategies and create psychological intervention programs based on the Confucianism tenet of intervention ethics to improve mental health in a changing technological stress environment.
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