Abstract With the popularization of mobile Internet and the iteration of algorithmic recommendation, short form videos have been deeply integrated into adolescents social and leisure lives. The review indicates that short form video addiction among adolescents is associated with depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms, reduced subjective well being, poor sleep quality, impaired cognitive function and academic maladjustment. In addition to their direct associations, distal risks related to family and peers are often linked to a higher risk of short form video addiction through proximal processes, including negative affect, fear of missing out, academic shame, maladaptive emotion regulation, and impaired self control. Future studies should adopt unified measurements, objective multitimepoint assessments and follow up trials to develop family-school-platform collaborative prevention and control strategies suitable for adolescents at different risk levels.