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The Scroll That Predicts the Slide: Short Videos, Irritability, and Teen Anxiety

A longitudinal network analysis reported by Scienmag on November 13, 2026, studying 1,629 Chinese adolescents, found irritability and anhedonia bridged short-video addiction with anxiety and depression, while behavioral withdrawal was the strongest addiction-related predictor of later internalizing symptoms.

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Symptom Pathways Link Adolescent Short-Video Addiction to Anxiety and Depression Over Time — Scienmag, November 13, 2026, reporting the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction


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