I feel addicted to watching TV series: association between binge-watching and mental health

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Francesca Favieri¹  Giuseppe Forte¹  Renata Tambelli¹  Manuela Tomai¹  Maria Casagrande¹ 

[1] Department of Dynamic, Clinical Psychology and Health, “Sapienza” University of Rome

关键词: Binge watching;    Mental health;    Behavioral addiction;    Anxiety;    Depression;    Impulsivity;    Emotional regulation;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.15796

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBinge-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.MethodsA 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 via standardized questionnaires evaluating: trait and social anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation.ResultsAn 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.

【 授权许可】

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