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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1450935
This article is part of the Research Topic The Intersection of Psychology, Healthy Behaviors, and its Outcomes View all 3 articles

Severity of Inattention Symptoms, Experiences of Being Bullied, and School Anxiety as Mediators in the Association between Excessive Short-form Video Viewing and School Refusal Behaviors in Adolescents

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Yuru Du Yuru Du *Jianqiang Wang Jianqiang Wang *Ziyan Wang Ziyan Wang *Jiuying Liu Jiuying Liu *Shaoxiong Li Shaoxiong Li *Jing Lv Jing Lv *Yuhan Peng Yuhan Peng *Shining Chang Shining Chang *Miaomiao Li Miaomiao Li *Huan Liu Huan Liu *Xuan Liu Xuan Liu *Xuezhu Yu Xuezhu Yu *Youdong Li Youdong Li *
  • The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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    Background: Recent years have seen an increase in school refusal behavior among adolescents, potentially due to factors like excessive short-form video viewing, bullying, and school anxiety.Limited research has investigated how these factors contribute to school refusal behavior. This study used random forest regression, path analysis, and network analysis to identify key variables and pathways leading to school refusal behavior.In this cross-sectional questionnaire-based study, 2056 (996 male, 1060 female, mean age: 14.79 ± 1.24 years) middle and senior high school students were asked to complete the School Refusal Behavior Assessment questionnaire to assess school refusal behavior features, the Excessive Short-Form Video Viewing Scale as well as self-reported viewing times during leisure days to assess excessive short-form video viewing, the SNAP-IV Rating Scale to assess the severity of inattention symptoms, and the self-administered questionnaires to assess experiences of being bullied and school anxiety.The prevalence of school refusal behavior in the surveyed adolescents was found to be 31.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 29.8%-33.9%). In terms of significance, the severity of

    Keywords: Excessive short-Form video viewing1, School refusal behavior2, Inattention symptoms3, being bullied4, school anxiety5

    Received: 18 Jun 2024; Accepted: 15 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Du, Wang, Wang, Liu, Li, Lv, Peng, Chang, Li, Liu, Liu, Yu and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yuru Du, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Jianqiang Wang, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Ziyan Wang, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Jiuying Liu, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Shaoxiong Li, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Jing Lv, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Yuhan Peng, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Shining Chang, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Miaomiao Li, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Huan Liu, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Xuan Liu, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Xuezhu Yu, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
    Youdong Li, The First hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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