Table 9 Mediation analysis of perceived autonomy.

From: To engage with AI or not: learning engagement among rural junior high school students in an AI-powered adaptive learning environment

Path

Estimate

Coefficient product

Bootstrapping

Bias-corrected

Percentile

95% CI

95% CI

Standard error

Z

LL

UL

LL

UL

Total

Total

0.078

0.071

1.099

−0.07

0.21

−0.075

0.207

Direct

Perceived autonomy→Learning engagement

0.022

0.07

0.314

−0.11

0.163

−0.118

0.155

Indirect

Perceived autonomy→Technology acceptance →Learning engagement

0.055

0.042

1.31

−0.018

0.15

−0.026

0.143