The use of short video on students' loneliness, life meaning, and subjective well-being

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of short videos on college students' loneliness, sense of meaning in life, and subjective well-being. The participants of this study were 90 college students from a university in Guangxi Province, China. A quasi-experimental research method was adopted, employing a pretest-posttest design; and standardized questionnaires were used to collect data before and after the intervention. The results indicated that before the short video intervention, the college students exhibited high levels of loneliness, moderate levels of life meaning, and moderate levels of subjective well-being. After the intervention, their loneliness levels decreased to low, their sense of life meaning increased to high, while their subjective well-being remains at a moderate level. When grouped by sex and sibling rank, there were no significant differences in the pretest and posttest levels of loneliness, life meaning, or subjective well-being among the college students. However, overall, there were significant differences between the pretest and posttest levels of loneliness, life meaning, and subjective well-being. It appears that the use of short videos on college students' loneliness, sense of meaning in life, and subjective well-being is effective.