Growth mindset weakens the indirect effect of AI employment threat perception on career decision-making anxiety through perceived employability¶
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q2 i? The conditional indirect effect was significant under low growth mindset but nonsignificant under high growth mindset, with a significant index of moderated mediation. → Chen H 2026
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Chen H 2026¶
Chen H (2026) When AI threatens my future career: growth mindset and perceived employability in Chinese college students' career decision making anxiety. Front. Psychol. 17:1933842. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1933842
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Moderated mediation analysis with 5,000 bootstrap samples in the 526-student survey: indirect effect significant at low mindset (0.069, CI [0.027, 0.119]) but nonsignificant at high mindset (0.004, CI [−0.033, 0.042]); the index of moderated mediation was significant (Index = −0.037, CI [−0.075, −0.008]).
"the indirect effect of AI employment threat perception on career decision-making anxiety through perceived employability was significant under low growth mindset, Effect= 0.069, Boot SE= 0.023, 95% CI [0.027, 0.119]. However, this indirect effect became nonsignificant under high growth mindset, Effect = 0.004, Boot SE = 0.019, 95% CI [−0.033, 0.042]."
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- Motivation — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
Related Claims¶
- AI employment threat perception positively predicts career decision-making anxiety among Chinese college students — related
- AI employment threat perception negatively predicts perceived employability among Chinese college students — related
- Perceived employability partially mediates the relationship between AI employment threat perception and career decision-making anxiety — related
- Growth mindset moderates the negative effect of AI employment threat perception on perceived employability, weakening it at higher mindset levels — related
- Perceived employability negatively predicts career decision-making anxiety among Chinese college students — related
- AI anxiety directly and negatively predicts college students' career decisions — related
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Growth mindset weakens the indirect effect of AI employment threat perception on career decision-making anxiety through perceived employability |
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Growth mindset weakens the indirect effect of AI employment threat perception on career decision-making anxiety through perceived employability |
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