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Table 1_How short-video usage influences college students’ daily lives: empirical evidence from sleep, self-perception, daily life conditions, and emotional state.docx Linmin Zhang (25162641) Huang Gelin (25162644) Xiujing Jiang (25162647) Applied Psychology college students daily life conditions self-perception short-video usage structure equation modeling Introduction<p>As the popularity of short-video apps rises among university students, issues have been identified linking problematic engagement to sleep, self-control, cognitive abilities, and emotion. However, the effects of bedtime procrastination and executive dysfunction on this relationship remain unknown.</p>Methods<p>A cross-sectional study was conducted among 538 Chinese university students using an anonymous online survey. Pearson correlation analyses, observed variable path analysis, and indirect effect analyses were performed using the structural equation modeling framework.</p>Results<p>Short-video addiction, bedtime procrastination, executive dysfunction, and emotional disturbance were found to be positively correlated. Within the structural model, executive dysfunction was found to correlate positively and significantly with emotional disturbance (β = 0.679, p < 0.001), whereas short-video addiction was found to be less strongly correlated (β = 0.133, p = 0.001). Furthermore, the correlation between bedtime procrastination and emotional disturbance was reduced to insignificance when executive dysfunction was added to the model (β = 0.018, p > 0.05). Model fit was inconsistent, showing adequate incremental fit but inadequate RMSEA fit.</p>Discussion<p>It seems that executive dysfunctions play a significant role in emotional distress in problematic short-video users compared to bedtime procrastination. As this research was cross-sectional and self-report-based, causation cannot be established. Interventions should concentrate on the enhancement of executive functions and self-regulation abilities rather than screen time reduction only.</p> 2026-10-02T05:37:11Z Dataset Dataset 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1855722.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Table_1_How_short-video_usage_influences_college_students_daily_lives_empirical_evidence_from_sleep_self-perception_daily_life_conditions_and_emotional_state_docx/34054575 CC BY 4.0