Cognitive emotion regulation strategies as predictors of short video addiction in children aged 10-14: a descriptive and correlational study.

Résumé

UNLABELLED: The rapid rise of short video consumption among children and adolescents has raised concerns regarding its associations with cognitive and emotional functioning. This study aimed to examine whether cognitive emotion regulation strategies predict short video addiction levels in children aged 10-14 and to explore the relationship between specific emotion regulation strategies and short video addiction. A descriptive and correlational research design was employed. The study was conducted between January and June 2025 with 202 middle school students aged 10-14. Participants completed an Information Form, the Short Video Addiction Scale (SVAS), and the Turkish Child Version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-k). Descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. The mean age of the participants was 12.12 years (SD = 1.24). Most were female (52.97%) and enrolled in the 7th grade (30.20%). SVAS scores were positively correlated with self-blame (r = .21, p