University Students’ Stress-Relief Video Viewing Behavior: A Stress-Based Perspective

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10.2991/978-94-6239-691-3_56How to use a DOI?

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University Students; Psychological Stress; Stress-Relief Video; Viewing Behavior; Logistic Regression

Abstract

Stress-relief video has rapidly gained popularity, serving as a major approach to relaxation and emotional regulation among university students. This study analyses the relationship between the sources of stress, stress levels and the viewing behaviour of stress-relief videos among university students based on a stress-oriented perspective in China. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 400 university students, and meth-ods such as descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, T-tests, ANOVA and ordinal logistic regression were employed. The findings reveal that employment and academic pressures are the primary sources of stress for university students; viewing stress-relief videos is one of the most common stress-relief strategies adopted by students to alleviate stress, and there is a significant correlation between viewing behaviour and stress levels—students with higher stress levels to view such videohas more frequently and are more likely to engage in interactive behaviours such as liking, commenting and sharing after viewing. Furthermore, significant differences are also observed in stress perception and preferences across factors such as gender, grade, and whether they are college-to-university transfer students. This study provides empirical evidence for understanding the stress-coping mechanisms of university students in the context of new media, and offers practical implications for mental health education in higher education and facilitating students’ self-adjustment.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Feng Zhu
AU  - Xiaoran Xu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/31
TI  - University Students’ Stress-Relief Video Viewing Behavior: A Stress-Based Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Educational Innovation and Multimedia Technology (EIMT 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 559
EP  - 573
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-691-3_56
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-691-3_56
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