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The Relationship Between Mobile Phone Use and Creative Ideation Among College Students: The Roles of Critical Thinking and Creative Self-Efficacy

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Jinliang Guan at Hunan Normal University
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Studies vary on the correlation between mobile phone use and creativity: some find no link, whereas others suggest a positive association with divergent thinking. Therefore, we explored the extent of the link between mobile phone use and creative ideation, and the mediating roles of critical thinking and creative self-efficacy. A total of 998 college students from three universities were investigated by using the mobile phone addiction type scale, critical thinking scale, creative self-efficacy scale, and creative ideation scale. The results showed that: (a) mobile phone use was positively related to creative ideation among college students, (b) critical thinking mediated the relationship between mobile phone use and creative ideation, (c) creative self-efficacy also mediated the relationship between mobile phone use and creative ideation, and (d) critical thinking and creative self-efficacy played a chain mediating role in the relationship between mobile phone use and creative ideation.
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Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
The Relationship Between Mobile Phone Use and Creative Ideation Among
College Students: The Roles of Critical Thinking and Creative Self-E󰍑cacy
Jinliang Guan, Yonglian Yang, Wangyan Ma, Geng Li, and Chengzhen Liu
Online First Publication, May 16, 2024. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000695
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Guan, J., Yang, Y., Ma, W., Li, G., & Liu, C. (2024). The relationship between mobile phone use and creative
ideation among college students: The roles of critical thinking and creative self-e󰍕cacy.. Psychology of
Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000695
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