Artificial Intelligence Anxiety and Entrepreneurial Intentions among University Students: The Sequential Mediation of Mindset and Self-Efficacy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: ：Objective To examine the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) anxiety on entrepreneurial intentions among university students, proposing a chain-mediating model involving entrepreneurial mindset and self-efficacy.Methods Based on a sample of 358 Chinese university students, structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted using AMOS to analyze the relationships between AI anxiety, entrepreneurial mindset, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention.Results (1) AI anxiety has a marginally significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intention (β = 0.115, p = 0.052); (2) entrepreneurial mindset mediates this relationship with a significant indirect effect (-0.055); (3) entrepreneurial self-efficacy also mediates the relationship, with an effect size of 0.148; and (4) entrepreneurial mindset and self-efficacy jointly form a chain-mediating pathway, contributing a substantial mediating effect (0.191).Conclusion Entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial self-efficacy play a chain-mediating role in the relationship between AI anxiety and entrepreneurial intention.These findings support the integration of AI into entrepreneurship education and practice to harness its potential while addressing student concerns.
Source: Aussie-Sino Studies
DOI: 10.64210/toqk7065
Author: Yaolishun Xing Xing
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4412464253