GenAI dependence is negatively associated with both self-reported critical-thinking disposition and self-perceived employability¶
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q2 i3 GenAI dependence is negatively associated with self-reported critical-thinking disposition (β = −0.389) and self-perceived employability (β = −0.328), both p < 0.001. → Shojaei SA 2026
Evidence¶
Shojaei SA 2026¶
Shojaei SA, Armosh F, Lihe R, Hamacha R and Labib J (2026) Helpful or harmful? generative AI dependence, self-reported critical thinking disposition, and self-perceived employability among business students. Front. Educ. 11:1885990. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1885990
q2 · i3 · associational · r2
Direct constituent paths in the PLS-SEM model of 412 Omani business students; f2 values were 0.159 (medium) for critical-thinking disposition and 0.152 (medium) for employability. CB-SEM estimated −0.504 and −0.390, consistent in direction.
"GenAI dependence was negatively associated with both self-reported critical thinking disposition (β = −0.389, p < 0.001) and self-perceived employability (β = −0.328, p < 0.001)"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Meta-reviews reach contradictory conclusions on whether AI reliance harms or helps critical thinking, with substantial design limitations limiting generalizability — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Self-reported critical-thinking disposition is positively associated with self-perceived employability among business students — related
- GenAI dependence weakens the positive association between GenAI use and both student outcomes, attenuating it to statistical non-significance at high dependence — related
- GenAI use is positively associated with GenAI dependence among business students — related
- GenAI use is positively associated with self-perceived employability among business students — related
- Need for cognition correlates positively with critical genAI use and negatively with perceived usefulness of genAI — related
- GenAI use is positively associated with self-reported critical-thinking disposition among business students only in the adjusted structural model, with a near-zero zero-order correlation — related
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GenAI dependence is negatively associated with both self-reported critical-thinking disposition and self-perceived employability |
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GenAI dependence is negatively associated with both self-reported critical-thinking disposition and self-perceived employability |
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