Xin Zhao

2 months ago | nature.com | Weijun Wang |Dawei Huang |Shihao Ma |Xin Zhao |Jianmei Ye |Wanghao Dong | +1 more

The rise of short video platforms has increased concerns about addiction, especially among adolescents. This study aimed to develop a Short Video Addiction Scale for middle school students. A sample of 1492 middle school students participated in the study. Initial items were derived from qualitative interviews and refined through psychometric analyses, including Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. The final scale, consisting of 15 items across five factors (Academic Procrastination, Interpersonal Strain, Social Communication Difficulties, Attention Concentration Difficulties, and Impaired Control over Short Video Use), demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.900), test-retest reliability, and strong validity. The Short Video Addiction Scale, a 15-item scale, demonstrates robust psychometric properties. It is reliable and valid for assessing short video addiction among middle school students and will be a valuable tool for identifying and addressing the growing concerns of short video addiction in adolescents.

2 months ago | mdpi.com | Xin Zhao |Laura Sbaffi |Andrew Cox

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Mar 4, 2025 | advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Yun Li |Samim Hassan |Xin Zhao |Andrey Rogach

1 Introduction Over the last decade, a slight increase of 0.25 °C in global temperature has resulted in the rise of extreme weather events, causing significant adverse societal costs amounting to ≈143 billion USD per year.[1] This increase is largely attributed to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, which is pushing society to ensure a rapid transition from reliance on fossil fuels to renewable electricity.

Jan 7, 2025 | dx.doi.org | Xin Zhao |Jiaping Fu |Ming Chen |Yao Wang

Jan 7, 2025 | pubs.acs.org | Xin Zhao |Jiaping Fu |Ming Chen |Yao Wang

IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!Given the intermittent and regional limitations of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, the demand for efficient and sustainable grid-scale energy storage devices is constantly increasing. (1) Although lithium-ion batteries have dominated the rechargeable battery markets, their gigawatt-scale applications are economically unsound considering the scarcity of lithium mineral reserves.