Table 5 Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients.

From: The chain mediating role of critical thinking and AI self-efficacy in GenAI usage competence and engineering students’ creativity

 

GN

EL

MA

RO

GE

FU

GUC

CT

AISE

ESC

GN

1

         

EL

0.050

1

        

MA

− 0.246**

− 0.077*

1

       

RO

0.013

0.031

− 0.128**

1

      

GE

0.081*

0.079*

− 0.081*

− 0.017

1

     

FU

0.028

0.020

0.078*

− 0.235**

0.031

1

    

GUC

0.108**

− 0.046

0.004

− 0.059

− 0.001

0.187**

1

   

CT

0.087*

− 0.092**

0.013

− 0.018

0.034

0.204**

0.618**

1

  

AISE

0.086*

− 0.109**

− 0.014

− 0.015

0.047

0.219**

0.640**

0.810**

1

 

ESC

0.073*

− 0.077*

− 0.062

− 0.049

0.010

0.158**

0.562**

0.747**

0.713**

1

M

4.570

4.367

4.568

4.306

SD

0.650

0.742

0.627

0.734

  1. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). GN = Gender; EL, Education Level; MA, Major; RO, Region of Origin; GE, GenAI Experience; FU, Frequency of GenAI Usage. AISE, Artificial Intelligence Self-Efficacy; CT, Critical Thinking; ESC, Engineering Students’ Creativity; GUC, Generative Artificial Intelligence Usage Competence.