Supplementary file 1_When AI threatens my future career: growth mindset and perceived employability in Chinese college students' career decision making anxiety.docx

This study examined the psychological mechanism linking AI employment threat perception to career decision-making anxiety, focusing on the mediating role of perceived employability and the moderating role of growth mindset.</p>Methods<p>A questionnaire survey was conducted among 526 college students in China.

Hierarchical regression, bootstrap mediation analysis, moderation analysis, simple slope analysis, and moderated mediation analysis were used to test the proposed model.</p>Results<p>AI employment threat perception positively predicted career decision-making anxiety and negatively predicted perceived employability. Perceived employability negatively predicted career decision-making anxiety and partially mediated the relationship between AI employment threat perception and career decision-making anxiety.