AUTHOR=Yao Ruiqi , Qi Guijie , Sheng Dongfang , Sun Hua , Zhang Jiacheng 

TITLE=Connecting self-esteem to problematic AI chatbot use: the multiple mediating roles of positive and negative psychological states

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=16

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453072

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453072

ISSN=1664-1078