Exploring the link between AI usage intention and digital competence among college PE teachers: A moderated mediation model based on SCT and UTAUT.

ABSTRACT: As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies rapidly integrate into higher education, they impose increasing demands on the teaching approaches and digital competence of physical education teachers. However, the relationship between physical education teachers' behavioral intention to use AI and their digital competence remains underexplored. This study focuses on college physical education teachers and examines the relationship between their intention to use AI and their digital competence. Grounded in Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), the study proposes a structural equation model incorporating behavioral intention, self-efficacy, social influence, and digital competence, with gender as a moderating variable. A questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Yi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12637994 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature