Escape motivation carries a significant negative indirect association between AI dependence and self-reported creativity¶
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q2 i? The indirect effect through escape motivation is significant and negative (β = −0.075), supporting the hypothesized maladaptive pathway. → Hou Jie 2026
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Hou Jie 2026¶
Hou Jie, Huang Yanhong, Wang Qing, Yao Xiaoxue, Zhang Peizheng, Zhao Fengqing. (2026). AI Dependence and Self-Reported Creativity Among Chinese College Students: The Roles of Motivation for AI Use and Perceived AI Literacy. Behavioral Sciences, 16(9), 1712. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16091712
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Preliminary parallel multiple mediation analysis (lavaan, 5000 bootstrap resamples) in the same 5764-participant survey. The escape-motivation indirect effect was "significant and negative (β = −0.075" with the printed bootstrap confidence interval.
"The indirect effects through escape motivation and social motivation were significant and negative (β = −0.075, 95% Boot CI [−0.103, −0.048], β = −0.022, 95% Boot CI [−0.046, −0.0006])."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- AI dependence is negatively associated with self-reported creativity among Chinese college students, with a residual direct effect after motivational mediators are controlled — related
- Perceived AI literacy moderates the first-stage paths from AI dependence to escape, social, and entertainment motivation, but not to instrumental motivation — related
- Entertainment motivation carries a positive indirect association between AI dependence and self-reported creativity, weakening as perceived AI literacy increases — related
- The indirect association through social motivation is model-dependent: negative in the unconditional model but positive and attenuating with higher perceived AI literacy in the moderated model — related
- Perceived AI literacy does not significantly moderate the direct association between AI dependence and self-reported creativity — related
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Escape motivation carries a significant negative indirect association between AI dependence and self-reported creativity |
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Escape motivation carries a significant negative indirect association between AI dependence and self-reported creativity |
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