Mediation Effects Analysis of AI Adoption in Fashion Design Education

500 fashion design students from 18 Chinese universities participated in a study examining the structural relationships between teacher support, AI usage, and learning outcomes. The dataset, authored by Zhiyi Zhang and last updated in May 2026, contains results from a structural equation model testing a chain mediation hypothesis. Findings indicate that 62.3% of the total association between technical support and learning outcomes was mediated through behavioral and cognitive variables.

Use Cases

• Testing structural equation models based on the described chain mediation relationships.
• Analyzing differential effects of teacher support dimensions (technical, pedagogical, emotional) on technology adoption.
• Investigating the relationship between generative AI usage behavior and creative design capability.
• Studying the pathways linking environmental support to learning outcomes via behavioral and cognitive mediators.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a sample of 500 students, providing a substantial basis for analysis.
• Data collection spanned 18 universities, suggesting a multi-institutional perspective.
• Analysis employed structural equation modeling, a rigorous quantitative method.
• Specific quantitative result (62.3% mediation effect) is reported in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to a specific geographic (China) and disciplinary (fashion design) context.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Survey data from 500 fashion design students, analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 17:30:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (students from 18 universities)