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ArticleScientific reports2025

The chain mediating role of critical thinking and AI self-efficacy in GenAI usage competence and engineering students' creativity.

Zhen Zhou, Huifen Guo, Fengqi Ma, Chen Yang, Yuhan Gao

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Zhen ZhouGuangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7860-4831
Huifen GuoSchool of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. dora_guo@e.gzhu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-8021
Fengqi MaSchool of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6732-2034
Chen YangSchool of Public Administration, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-4692-2318
Yuhan GaoSchool of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9107-6696

Funding

Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China 23JDSZ3200Macao funding schemes granted by the Science and Technology Development Fund 0071/2023/RIB3the Joint Research Funding Program between the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (2024) (FDCT-GDST) 0003-2024-AGJ
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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on engineering students' creativity, examining the mediating roles of critical thinking and AI self-efficacy in this relationship. We analyze the data collected using SPSS (v.24) and SmartPLS (v.4) to assess the variables' structural relationships and effect sizes. The results demonstrate that GenAI usage competence significantly enhances engineering students' creativity (t > 1.96, p < 0.05,f

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Artificial IntelligenceCreativityEngineeringSelf EfficacyStudentsThinkingAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultAI self-efficacyCreativityCritical thinkingEngineering studentsGenAI usage competence

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