Yonglian Yang’s scientific contributions

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.