ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025
Acculturative stress, loneliness, smartphone addiction, L2 emotions, and creativity among international students in China: a structural equation model.
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- From Binge Scrolling to Problematic Technology Use: Fear of Missing Out as a Self-Regulatory Mediator.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acculturative stress and problematic smartphone use among international students in Japan: a sequential mediation model of emotion regulation and social anxiety.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Contracting the gap: The effects of identity gaps on the psychological adaptation of Taiwanese university students.PloS one · 2026Article
- The association between smartphone addiction and creativity in Chinese college students: the chain mediating effects of depression and executive function.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Acculturative stress and university life adjustment among international students in China: the moderating role of perceived social support.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: International students in China often face psychological challenges such as acculturative stress, loneliness, and problematic smartphone use, which may affect their second language (L2) learning emotions and creativity. Although these factors have been studied individually, their interrelationships remain unclear. Methods: Data were collected from 213 international students studying in China using validated instruments: the Results: Acculturative stress significantly predicted smartphone addiction directly ( Discussion: These findings support the Dual Pathway to Creativity Model and suggest that long-term moods (e.g., acculturative stress) and situational emotions (e.g., FLE and FLCA) may differentially affect creativity, aligning with the Hierarchical Model of Affect, Mood, and Emotion, advancing the understanding of international students' cross-cultural adaptation in the digital age.
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