Exercise-based interventions for problematic short-video use: a narrative review of current evidence and potential psychological pathways
Wenbo Hu, Donghui Tang · 2026
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Wenbo Hu and Donghui Tang review exercise as a remedy for problem short-video use in a 2026 article. Heavy use of short video apps among teens and college students can look addiction-like, with lost control and harm to daily life, though it holds no formal diagnosis. The authors organize the evidence around four possible pathways linking exercise to relief.
Exercise might substitute for the app's rewards, restore mood, rebuild self-control, or reconnect users with the real world. Support is uneven: control restoration has the most direct backing, from one small controlled study, while mood repair rests on association studies and the other two pathways lean on indirect evidence. Overall benefit stays unproven, and dose and format questions remain open.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Wenbo Hu, Donghui Tang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |