Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy
To investigate the relationship between psychological richness and innovative behavior among Chinese college students, as well as the roles of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy in this relationship, this study employed the Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire, Cognitive Flexibility...
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| author | Peilin Yu Aiyao He Qinyan Wang Yutang Li Si Hu Yuwei Gao |
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| description | To investigate the relationship between psychological richness and innovative behavior among Chinese college students, as well as the roles of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy in this relationship, this study employed the Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire, Cognitive Flexibility Scale, Creative Self-Efficacy Scale, and Innovative Behavior Scale to survey 669 Chinese college students. The results show that: (1) Psychological richness positively predicts innovative behavior; (2) Cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy, respectively, play a partial mediating role between psychological richness and innovative behavior; (3) Cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy play a chain mediating role between psychological richness and innovative behavior. The findings enrich the research results in the field of innovative behavior among Chinese college students and provide enlightenment for the cultivation of innovative talents in Chinese higher education. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4dfebc7bef844d4481f891cf8a07154d2025-08-20T02:57:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-08-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.16308731630873Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacyPeilin Yu0Aiyao He1Qinyan Wang2Yutang Li3Si Hu4Yuwei Gao5School of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, ChinaFaculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, ChinaSchool of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, ChinaCollege of Continuing Education, Hunan Applied Technology University, Changde, ChinaStudent Affairs Department of the Party Committee, Yan'an University, Yan'an, ChinaTo investigate the relationship between psychological richness and innovative behavior among Chinese college students, as well as the roles of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy in this relationship, this study employed the Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire, Cognitive Flexibility Scale, Creative Self-Efficacy Scale, and Innovative Behavior Scale to survey 669 Chinese college students. The results show that: (1) Psychological richness positively predicts innovative behavior; (2) Cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy, respectively, play a partial mediating role between psychological richness and innovative behavior; (3) Cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy play a chain mediating role between psychological richness and innovative behavior. The findings enrich the research results in the field of innovative behavior among Chinese college students and provide enlightenment for the cultivation of innovative talents in Chinese higher education.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1630873/fullpsychological richnessinnovative behaviorcognitive flexibilitycreative self-efficacycollege student |
| spellingShingle | Peilin Yu Aiyao He Qinyan Wang Yutang Li Si Hu Yuwei Gao Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy Frontiers in Psychology psychological richness innovative behavior cognitive flexibility creative self-efficacy college student |
| title | Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy |
| title_full | Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy |
| title_fullStr | Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy |
| title_short | Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy |
| title_sort | psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of chinese college students the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self efficacy |
| topic | psychological richness innovative behavior cognitive flexibility creative self-efficacy college student |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1630873/full |
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