The chain mediating roles of career planning and future time perspective between AI literacy and employment anxiety among higher vocational college students
Against the background of artificial intelligence (AI) reshaping the labor market, employment anxiety among higher vocational college students is becoming increasingly prominent. Grounded in Career Construction Theory, this study aims to explore the relationship between AI literacy and employment anxiety among Chinese higher vocational college students, with a specific focus on the chain mediating roles of career planning and future time perspective. A total of 1,234 students from five industry-featured higher v…
Career planning and a long-term future orientation formed an indirect pathway through which AI literacy was associated with lower employment anxiety among surveyed vocational students.
Among 1,234 surveyed vocational students, AI literacy had a significant positive total association with employment anxiety, so greater literacy coincided with more anxiety about jobs.
The findings rest on self-report scales and describe associations, and the authors use cautious language such as 'may' and 'potentially' about the recommended interventions.
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- Peer-reviewedScientific Reports2026-10-21
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