Critical thinking is the dominant indirect pathway linking functional GenAI dependence with research creativity, accounting for approximately 85% of its total indirect effect¶
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q2 i? The indirect effect through critical thinking alone (Ind1 = 0.3449) is the largest of three specific indirect pathways for functional dependence, about 85% of its total indirect effect (0.4055). → Yin S 2026
Evidence¶
Yin S 2026¶
Yin S, Wu R, Liu X and Li R (2026) GenAI dependence and graduate students' research creativity: the roles of critical thinking and human–AI collaboration quality. Front. Psychol. 17:1896963. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1896963
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Bootstrap mediation results (5,000 resamples) for the functional dependence model among 1,157 graduate students. The article reports the indirect association was "primarily concentrated in the pathway through critical thinking (Ind1 = 0.3449)."
"the indirect association involving functional dependence was primarily concentrated in the pathway through critical thinking (Ind1 = 0.3449), accounting for approximately 85.0% of its total indirect effect."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
- Critical Thinking — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Both functional and existential GenAI dependence are positively associated with research creativity, each with significant direct and total effects — related
- Critical thinking and human–AI collaboration quality jointly form a significant serial indirect pathway from GenAI dependence to research creativity, larger for functional than existential dependence — related
- Functional dependence shows a substantially stronger positive association with graduate students' research creativity than existential dependence (β = 0.457 vs β = 0.147) — related
- In the SEM, GenAI dependence is positively associated with critical thinking (β = 0.492), human–AI collaboration quality (β = 0.538), and research creativity (β = 0.064), with satisfactory model fit — related
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Critical thinking is the dominant indirect pathway linking functional GenAI dependence with research creativity, accounting for approximately 85% of its total indirect effect |
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Critical thinking is the dominant indirect pathway linking functional GenAI dependence with research creativity, accounting for approximately 85% of its total indirect effect |
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