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The association between smartphone addiction and creativity in Chinese college students: the chain mediating effects of depression and executive function

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Published Online: 2025-09-30

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Authors

Li, Wenfu

Liu, Jinmei

Liu, Xia

Ge, Yao

Wang, Yan

Zhang, Aoxue
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2022MC113)

Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of Shandong Federation of Social Sciences (2024-QNRC-76)

General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education (24YJC190015)
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Article History

Received: 11 June 2025

Accepted: 25 August 2025

First Online: 30 September 2025

Declarations

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: The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jining Medical University. All participants gave informed consent to participate this study. Our study also is compliance with the Helsinki Declaration.

: No applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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