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In this three-wave time-lagged correlational study, 389 design students at a South Korean university reported pedagogical GenAI use at Wave 1, creative self-efficacy and AI-related learning anxiety at Wave 2, and creative engagement and self-reported creative cognition at Wave 3. Pedagogical GenAI use referred to coursework-related use for ideation, style exploration, revision, comparison of alternatives, and feedback seeking. Covariance-based structural equation modeling showed good fit [comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.983, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.026]. Higher GenAI use was associated with higher self-efficacy (\u03b2 = 0.489) and lower anxiety (\u03b2 = \u22120.191). The total modeled association with self-reported creative cognition was \u03b2 = 0.456 [95% CI [0.314, 0.604]]; its indirect components constituted approximately 59%. The GenAI-origin serial indirect association through self-efficacy and engagement was \u03b2 = 0.122, whereas the corresponding anxiety-engagement association was \u03b2 = 0.015. Separately, self-efficacy was indirectly associated with creative cognition through engagement (\u03b2 = 0.249); this quantity does not include the preceding GenAI-use path. Because the study was observational and engagement and cognition were measured concurrently at Wave 3, the findings do not identify causal mediation. 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