ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry

Sec. Public Mental Health

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1567285

The Impact of Smartphone Addiction on Creativity in College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Negative Emotion and Perceived Social Support

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Ju  GuoJu GuoXueqian  SongXueqian Song*Guiqing  LiGuiqing LiGe  WenGe Wen
  • School of Management, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, China

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Thank you for giving us an opportunity to revise our manuscript. We would like to thank you for the constructive feedback. We believe that the changes we made in response to these comments have resulted in an improved paper, and we hope that it meets the high standards for publication in Frontiers in Psychiatry.According to your valuable suggestion, we provide below a detailed description and explanation of the manner in which we addressed each comment in this revision.We have highlighted the specific modifications in yellow in the manuscript. Once again, thank you for your time, effort, and thoughtful feedback.

Keywords: Smartphone addiction, creativity, negative emotion, perceived social support, College student

Received: 27 Jan 2025; Accepted: 11 Apr 2025.

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* Correspondence: Xueqian Song, School of Management, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, China

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