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AI dependency and academic motivation in higher education: the mediating role of learned helplessness and the moderating role of AI literacy
A moderated mediation model in which learned helplessness mediates the relationship between AI dependency and academic intrinsic motivation, with AI literacy serving as a boundary condition that attenuates this pathway is proposed and tested.
Xiaohui Cui, Tahir Jalal Khan
· Frontiers in Psychology · 2 citations