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Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Problematic Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Scale Among Chinese School Students
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Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is increasingly used by school students, yet validated instruments for assessing problematic GAI use (PUGAI) in this population remain scarce. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Problematic Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Scale (PUGAIS) in a large school-based sample of Chinese students. A cross-sectional survey included 19,484 students in Grades 4–9 who had used GAI. The sample was randomly split for exploratory and confirmatory factor anal…
The problem
In a survey of 19,484 Chinese students in Grades 4–9 who had used generative AI, higher problematic-use scores were linked to more depressive symptoms (r = 0.396), anxiety (r = 0.387) and insomnia (r = 0.365), and 7.2% fell in a high-score group.
What this doesn’t fix
The study was cross-sectional, drawn from one city in Zhejiang Province, and had no independent clinical criterion, so the high-score group and 20.5 cutoff are unvalidated and causation cannot be inferred.
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1 on file- Behavioral Sciencesdoi:10.3390/bs16101763
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v1Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2675, v1: “Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Problematic Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Scale Among Chinese School Students.” Truvace, 2026-11-12. /record/TRV-2026-2675 (accessed on the day you copy it). sha256 27304a68e2ac8216…
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