Online Binge-Watching Among Chinese College Students: Implications for Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression

Figures & data

Table 1 Reliability and Validity of the Study

	Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity		Cronbach’s Alpha
	KMO	p	α
BWAS	0.930	0.000***	0.924
DJGLS	0.885	0.000***	0.932
HADS-A	0.933	0.000***	0.947
HADS-D	0.934	0.000***	0.939

Note: ***,p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: BWAS, Binge-Watching Addiction Scale; DJGLS, De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale; HADS-A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Anxiety; HADS-D, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Depression.

Table 2 Descriptive Analysis of Binge-Watching Among CCSs

	Mean	SD	Md
Definition
Binge-watching hours	7.222	4.958	5.000
Binge-watched episodes	10.825	6.273	10.000
Self-assessment
Binge-watching hours	5.756	5.499	4.000
Binge-watched episodes	7.417	6.131	5.000

Abbreviations: CCS, Chinese college student; SD, standard deviation; Md, median.

Figure 1 Descriptive analysis of binge-watching among CCSs.

Table 3 Ranking of Online Binge-Watching Platforms Among CCSs

Online platform	Frequency	Percent
Tencent Video	262	58.74%
iQIYI	246	55.16%
Bilibili	145	32.51%
Youku	115	25.78%
Douyin	86	19.28%
Mango TV	85	19.06%
Other	79	17.71%

Abbreviation: CCS, Chinese college student.

Figure 2 Ranking of online binge-watching platforms among CCSs.

Table 4 Regression Analysis of BWA and Mental Health Problems Among CCSs

Dependent variable	B	Error	Beta	t	p	VIF	R 2	ΔR 2
Constant	4.822	0.999	–	4.825	0.000**	–	0.180	0.178
Loneliness	0.175	0.018	0.424	9.862	0.000**	1.000
Constant	6.426	1.172	–	5.484	0.000**	–	0.160	0.158
Anxiety	0.191	0.021	0.400	9.189	0.000**	1.000
Constant	4.619	1.097	–	4.211	0.000**	–	0.203	0.201
Depression	0.207	0.019	0.450	0.207	0.000**	1.000

Notes: Independent Variable: BWA, Binge-Watching Addiction. Dependent Variables: Loneliness, Anxiety, Depression. **p<0.01.

Abbreviations: BWA, binge-watching addiction; CCS, Chinese college student.